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

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

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
doorstop	11	4	311	(None)
doorstep	11	4	310	1	doorstep
doorstops	12	4	303	1	doorstops
doorsteps	12	5	255	2	doorsteps
bookshop	19	4	342	3	bookshop
cookshop	19	4	377	3	cookshop
cooktop	15	4	404	3	coo_ktop
donorship	15	6	565	3	donorship
doomster	11	3	584	3	doomster
doorknob	15	6	110	3	doorknob
doors	6	50	2213	3	doors___
doorsill	9	4	376	3	doorsill
doowop	12	8	385	3	doo__wop
footstep	13	6	382	3	footstep
foretop	12	11	789	3	_foretop
nonstop	9	10	692	3	_nonstop
postop	10	5	1194	3	_po_stop
rooftop	12	13	325	3	roo_ftop
shortstop	14	5	215	3	shortstop
soursop	9	4	303	3	sours_op

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	146162	0.410	435831.7
2	DLD Change Limit	146162	20	7.263	20124.2
3	Display Results	20	20	0.016	1250.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	20	7.689	23239.8