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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “droughts” 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
droughts	13	24	573	(None)
draughts	13	28	475	1	draughts
drought	12	25	887	1	drought_
droughty	16	30	447	1	droughty
brought	13	30	868	2	brought_
doughs	11	59	1293	2	d_ough_s
dought	11	49	1551	2	d_ought_
doughty	15	43	602	2	d_oughty
draught	12	26	696	2	draught_
draughty	16	23	352	2	draughty
drouths	11	43	648	2	drouth_s
fraughts	15	21	424	2	fraughts
noughts	11	47	808	2	_noughts
oughts	10	47	1018	2	__oughts
roughs	10	54	1621	2	_rough_s
thoughts	15	51	560	2	thoughts
troughs	11	69	868	2	trough_s
wrought	14	27	692	2	wrought_

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	121059	0.140	1276364.3
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	18	3.860	31362.4
3	Display Results	18	18	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	18	4.000	44672.8