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

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

8 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
covered	13	33	1529	(None)
clovered	14	18	736	1	clovered
cohered	13	35	1469	1	cohered
coverer	12	31	1352	1	coverer
coveted	13	30	1152	1	coveted
cowered	13	32	1465	1	cowered
hovered	14	34	1157	1	hovered
overed	10	22	1662	1	_overed

Search took 4 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	69583	0.673	265514.1
2	DLD Change Limit	69583	8	2.483	28023.8
3	Display Results	8	8	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	8	3.156	56619.5