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

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

19 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
fairgrounds	16	6	113	(None)
fairground	15	5	126	1	fairground_
backgrounds	21	5	186	3	backgrounds
campgrounds	19	5	125	3	campgrounds
foregrounds	16	7	182	3	foregrounds
aground	9	21	618	4	_a__ground_
airbound	11	4	412	4	_air_bound_
background	20	5	265	4	background_
campground	18	5	144	4	campground_
fairgoers	13	4	201	4	fairg_o_ers
fairyhoods	20	5	204	4	fairyho_ods
fairylands	17	6	227	4	fair_ylands
foreground	15	7	254	4	foreground_
grounds	9	22	831	4	____grounds
hardbounds	17	4	266	4	ha_rdbounds
inground	10	4	438	4	__inground_
playgrounds	18	5	132	4	playgrounds
surrounds	10	4	357	4	_sur_rounds
undergrounds	15	5	197	4	undergrounds

Search took 10 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	148819	0.436	409841.7
2	DLD Change Limit	148819	19	8.813	16886.3
3	Display Results	19	19	0.016	1187.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	19	9.265	19286.7