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

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

18 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
cowpats	14	3	771	(None)
cowpat	13	3	1203	1	cowpat_
bowpots	14	4	602	2	bowpots
coapts	10	46	1401	2	coap_ts
coats	7	56	3500	2	co__ats
combats	13	3	1168	2	combats
compacts	16	36	890	2	compacts
comparts	14	42	1083	2	comparts
compas	12	58	1706	2	compa_s
compass	13	37	956	2	compass
compts	12	52	1665	2	comp_ts
coopts	10	58	1458	2	coop_ts
copals	10	50	1894	2	co_pals
copays	13	49	1127	2	co_pays
cowpeas	14	3	727	2	cowpeas
cowpies	14	33	1428	2	cowpies
towpath	15	4	404	2	towpath
towpaths	16	4	311	2	towpaths

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	107671	0.406	440125.6
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	18	3.700	29100.3
3	Display Results	18	18	0.016	1125.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	18	4.122	43350.6