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

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

15 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
brothel	12	31	819	(None)
brothels	13	27	707	1	brothels
brother	12	33	1133	1	brother
bethel	11	6	964	2	b_ethel
botel	7	51	2186	2	b_ot_el
bother	11	52	1806	2	b_other
broche	13	36	1210	2	broche_
broth	10	65	2109	2	broth__
brotherly	17	4	379	2	brotherly
brothers	13	34	1083	2	brothers
broths	11	50	1392	2	broth_s
brothy	14	51	962	2	broth_y
frothed	14	28	878	2	frothed
frother	13	31	1015	2	frother
trothed	11	40	1097	2	trothed

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	107671	0.470	380193.6
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	15	3.250	33129.5
3	Display Results	15	15	0.013	1153.8
	(SQL Overall)	178691	15	3.733	47867.9