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

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

10 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
brothels	13	27	707	(None)
brothel	12	31	819	1	brothel_
brothers	13	34	1083	1	brothers
bethels	12	3	853	2	b_ethels
botels	8	48	1580	2	b_ot_els
bothers	12	43	1775	2	b_others
brother	12	33	1133	2	brothe_r
brotherly	17	4	379	2	brotherly
broths	11	50	1392	2	broth__s
frothers	14	27	981	2	frothers

Search took 5 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	0.373	479064.3
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	10	3.690	32807.3
3	Display Results	10	10	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	10	4.063	43980.1