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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “cloudbursts” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

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.

17 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
cloudbursts	16	6	94	(None)
cloudburst	15	5	125	1	cloudburst_
groundbursts	16	6	109	3	groundbursts
outbursts	11	4	369	3	__outbursts
blockbusts	20	5	222	4	blockbu_sts
bloodlusts	13	5	234	4	bloodlu_sts
cloudberries	17	5	180	4	cloudberries
cloudberry	18	5	125	4	cloudber_ry
cloudiest	12	3	558	4	cloud_iest_
cloudiness	13	4	411	4	cloudines_s
cloudless	12	4	315	4	cloud_les_s
cloudlets	12	4	282	4	cloud__lets
combusts	14	4	550	4	c_o_mbu_sts
downbursts	16	8	148	4	_downbursts
groundburst	15	5	174	4	groundburst_
outburst	10	4	684	4	__outburst_
sunbursts	11	4	303	4	__sunbursts

Search took 10 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	148819	0.453	394461.4
2	DLD Change Limit	148819	17	9.420	15798.2
3	Display Results	17	17	0.016	1062.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	17	9.889	18069.7