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

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

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.

7 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
dewclaws	17	5	187	(None)
declaws	13	3	625	1	de_claws
dewclaw	16	5	179	1	dewclaw_
declass	10	3	873	2	de_class
declaw	12	6	670	2	de_claw_
dewclawed	19	4	153	2	dewclawed
dewlaps	13	3	466	2	dew_laps

Search took 6 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	121059	0.453	394461.4
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	7	4.533	26706.2
3	Display Results	7	7	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	7	4.986	35838.5