Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “anchored” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
Check this box to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

14 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
~~remove a letter~~ ~ replace a letter ~ swap two letters ~ _add a letter from your word
(Use the links in the Changes column to see more Transformation details.)

Found Word	Scrabble Score	Searched Previously	Found Previously	Changes	To Transform to your Word
anchored	14	3	859	(None)
anchoret	13	4	1245	1	anchoret
anchor	11	39	1197	2	anchor__
anchoress	14	4	524	2	anchoress
anchorets	14	4	599	2	anchorets
anchormen	16	4	435	2	anchormen
anchors	12	39	1295	2	anchor_s
authored	12	3	826	2	authored
chored	12	53	2188	2	__chored
coanchored	18	4	327	2	coanchored
encored	10	4	1210	2	enc_ored
rancored	11	3	722	2	ranc_ored
unanchored	16	4	317	2	unanchored
unchoked	18	25	762	2	unchoked

Search took 4 seconds overall (including website activity, plus SQL activity in the following phases):

Length Filter: Limit the application of DLD to words with length difference of no more than the Change Limit.
DLD Change Limit: Apply DLD to each remaining word, limiting each comparison according to the Change Limit.
Display Results: Return the results, with similar words marked up to highlight differences.

Seq	Search Phase	Words Checked	Words Matched	Seconds	Words Per Sec
1	Length Filter	178691	121059	0.376	475242.0
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	14	3.233	37444.8
3	Display Results	14	14	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	14	3.609	49512.6