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

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

16 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
chortler	13	33	684	(None)
chortle	12	42	1044	1	chortle_
chortled	14	32	661	1	chortled
chortlers	14	30	566	1	chortlers
chortles	13	36	1132	1	chortles
charter	12	39	1830	2	chart_er
chertier	13	8	787	2	chertier
choler	11	37	1715	2	cho__ler
chorale	12	43	1335	2	chorale_
chorales	13	37	1288	2	chorales
chorten	12	28	1130	2	chort_en
coruler	9	3	1171	2	c_oruler
hostler	10	34	1102	2	_hostler
shorter	10	35	1550	2	short_er
whortle	13	33	594	2	whortle_
whortles	14	30	674	2	whortles

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	0.343	520965.0
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	16	4.456	27167.6
3	Display Results	16	16	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	16	4.799	37235.0