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

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

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
cowboy	16	3	706	(None)
cowboys	17	3	525	1	cowboys
lowboy	14	3	590	1	lowboy
carboy	13	49	1418	2	carboy
cobby	14	55	1641	2	co_bby
colby	12	44	1506	2	colb_y
combo	11	45	1943	2	combo_
combos	12	53	1661	2	combos
convoy	14	34	854	2	convoy
copyboy	19	6	351	2	copyboy
corby	12	50	1853	2	corb_y
cowboyed	19	4	337	2	cowboyed
cowpox	20	3	500	2	cowpox
cowry	13	55	1248	2	cow_ry
cowy	12	64	2736	2	cow__y
lowboys	15	3	421	2	lowboys
plowboy	17	4	318	2	plowboy
poboy	12	16	1222	2	po_boy
potboy	13	9	781	2	potboy
tomboy	13	5	821	2	tomboy

Search took 3 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	82551	0.326	548131.9
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	20	2.406	34310.5
3	Display Results	20	20	0.016	1250.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	20	2.748	65025.8