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

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

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
disobeyed	16	4	346	(None)
disobeyer	15	4	269	1	disobeyer
disobey	13	4	624	2	disobey__
disobeyers	16	4	238	2	disobeyers
disobeys	14	4	368	2	disobey_s
disabled	12	4	871	3	disab_led
disabused	13	4	490	3	disabused
disboweled	17	5	312	3	disboweled
discovered	17	6	588	3	discovered
dismayed	15	3	574	3	dis_mayed
disobeying	17	4	380	3	disobeying
disobliged	15	5	266	3	disobliged
disordered	13	4	432	3	disordered
disowned	13	3	643	3	diso_wned
displayed	16	4	588	3	displayed
disrobed	12	3	809	3	disrob__ed
obeyed	12	3	582	3	___obeyed
sobered	10	29	1243	3	__sobered

Search took 8 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	148641	0.470	380193.6
2	DLD Change Limit	148641	18	6.610	22487.3
3	Display Results	18	18	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	18	7.080	25238.8