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

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

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.

12 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
chows	13	56	1820	(None)
cahows	14	39	912	1	cahows
chaws	13	50	2246	1	chaws
chews	13	54	1851	1	chews
chops	12	50	1987	1	chops
chow	12	58	2099	1	chow_
chowse	14	47	1175	1	chowse
cows	9	70	4664	1	c_ows
crows	10	57	2731	1	crows
dhows	12	59	1122	1	dhows
hows	10	63	4560	1	_hows
shows	11	53	2458	1	shows

Search took 1 second 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	28756	0.063	2836365.1
2	DLD Change Limit	28756	12	0.516	55728.7
3	Display Results	12	12	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	12	0.579	308620.0