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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “dreadlocks” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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.

16 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
dreadlocks	18	5	219	(None)
deadlocks	17	4	380	1	d_eadlocks
dreadlock	17	4	225	1	dreadlock_
deadlock	16	4	423	2	d_eadlock_
headlocks	19	4	446	2	_headlocks
daglocks	16	4	399	3	d__aglocks
deadlocked	19	5	176	3	d_eadlocked
drammocks	20	4	180	3	dr_ammocks
earlocks	14	3	569	3	__earlocks
gridlocks	17	4	268	3	gr_idlocks
headlock	18	4	481	3	_headlock_
padlocks	17	5	547	3	__padlocks
redocks	14	40	993	3	_re_d_ocks
relocks	13	44	1129	3	_re__locks
roadblocks	19	5	202	3	_roadblocks
wedlocks	18	4	439	3	_we_dlocks

Search took 7 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	140603	0.436	409841.7
2	DLD Change Limit	140603	16	6.470	21731.5
3	Display Results	16	16	0.016	1000.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	16	6.922	25814.9