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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “brushwork” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

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.

20 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
brushwork	21	4	291	(None)
brushworks	22	5	283	1	brushworks
brushwood	18	4	273	2	brushwood
busywork	20	4	384	2	b_usywork
breastwork	19	5	260	3	breastwork
brickwork	19	4	310	3	brickwork
brightwork	23	6	191	3	brightwork
brushback	22	5	212	3	brushback
brusher	12	38	1300	3	brush_er_
brushers	13	42	1057	3	brush_ers
brushfire	17	4	190	3	brushfire
brushier	13	30	697	3	brushier_
brushoff	19	4	260	3	brush_off
brushwoods	19	5	255	3	brushwoods
buhlwork	20	7	352	3	b_uhlwork
busyworks	21	4	337	3	b_usyworks
frostwork	19	4	349	3	frostwork
housework	19	4	452	3	housework
meshwork	20	4	355	3	_meshwork
presswork	18	5	453	3	presswork

Search took 9 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	148641	0.843	211970.3
2	DLD Change Limit	148641	20	8.110	18328.1
3	Display Results	20	20	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	20	8.953	19958.8