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

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

12 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
followers	15	14	618	(None)
follower	14	13	707	1	follower_
bellowers	14	17	762	2	bellowers
flowers	13	34	1317	2	f__lowers
followed	15	14	627	2	followe_d
follows	13	40	992	2	follow__s
followups	17	4	229	2	followups
hallowers	15	13	772	2	hallowers
hollower	14	12	739	2	hollower_
rollovers	12	4	409	2	rollovers
wallowers	15	12	765	2	wallowers
willowers	15	16	669	2	willowers

Search took 4 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	121436	0.393	454684.5
2	DLD Change Limit	121436	12	3.373	36002.4
3	Display Results	12	12	0.016	750.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	12	3.782	47247.8