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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “befools” 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.

13 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
befools	12	3	643	(None)
befool	11	3	771	1	befool_
befouls	12	3	605	1	befouls
babools	11	31	945	2	babools
befalls	12	34	912	2	befalls
befogs	12	4	645	2	bef_ogs
befooled	14	3	480	2	befooled
befoul	11	3	725	2	befoul_
behowls	15	3	444	2	behowls
benzols	18	3	667	2	benzols
dewools	11	4	559	2	dewools
fools	8	68	2420	2	__fools
retools	7	34	1102	2	retools

Search took 8 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	107671	0.766	233278.1
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	13	6.843	15734.5
3	Display Results	13	13	0.016	812.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	13	7.625	23434.9