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

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

17 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
earthborn	14	4	313	(None)
earthbound	16	5	222	2	earthbound
earthwork	19	4	369	2	earthwork
earthworm	17	4	323	2	earthworm
althorn	10	4	776	3	_alth_orn
earthen	10	3	925	3	earth__en
earthier	11	3	744	3	earthier_
earthman	13	4	647	3	earth_man
earthmen	13	4	639	3	earth_men
earthward	16	4	345	3	earthward
earthworks	20	4	356	3	earthworks
earthworms	18	5	288	3	earthworms
hartshorn	15	4	364	3	hartshorn
hawthorn	17	4	355	3	hawth_orn
heartburn	14	5	182	3	heart_burn
lanthorn	11	4	719	3	lanth_orn
lastborn	10	4	413	3	last_born

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	0.420	425454.8
2	DLD Change Limit	148641	17	6.610	22487.3
3	Display Results	17	17	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	17	7.030	25418.3