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

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

22 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
firedamps	17	4	284	(None)
firedamp	16	4	374	1	firedamp_
afterdamps	18	5	190	3	afterdamps
filenames	14	4	429	3	filenames
firearms	13	3	540	3	fire_arms
firebacks	20	4	630	3	firebacks
fireballs	14	12	649	3	fireballs
firebases	14	4	658	3	firebases
firebombs	18	4	286	3	firebombs
firedogs	13	4	479	3	fired_ogs
firedrakes	18	4	312	3	firedrakes
firefangs	16	4	305	3	firefangs
firehalls	15	10	517	3	firehalls
firepans	13	4	715	3	firepa_ns
fireships	17	4	602	3	fireships
firetraps	14	4	430	3	firetraps
firewalls	15	12	535	3	firewalls
foredates	13	3	1005	3	foredates
forenames	14	4	754	3	forenames
preamps	13	3	661	3	_pre_amps
revamps	14	3	399	3	__revamps
wiretaps	13	14	473	3	wireta_ps

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	0.423	422437.4
2	DLD Change Limit	148641	22	6.593	22545.3
3	Display Results	22	22	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	22	7.016	25469.1