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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “football” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

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67 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
football	13	4	561	(None)
foosball	13	4	408	1	foosball
footballs	14	4	536	1	footballs
footfall	14	4	482	1	footfall
footwall	14	4	452	1	footwall
fastball	13	4	491	2	fastball
foosballs	14	4	402	2	foosballs
footbag	13	4	455	2	footba_g
footbags	14	4	452	2	footbags
footballer	15	5	299	2	footballer
footbath	16	6	401	2	footbath
footfalls	15	4	459	2	footfalls
foothill	14	4	499	2	foothill
footstall	12	4	348	2	footstall
footwalls	15	4	438	2	footwalls
forkball	17	4	482	2	forkball
goofball	14	4	327	2	goofball
softball	13	4	420	2	softball
blowball	15	4	415	3	blowball
boatbill	12	4	446	3	boatbill
bootable	12	17	922	3	bootable
boxball	18	15	532	3	_boxball
broomball	15	5	313	3	broomball
cornball	12	4	705	3	cornball
doorbell	11	4	341	3	doorbell
fastballs	14	4	444	3	fastballs
fireball	13	12	726	3	fireball
floodwall	16	5	208	3	floodwall
foetal	9	3	1188	3	foet_a_l
fontal	9	3	1314	3	font_a_l
footage	11	4	884	3	foot_age
footballers	16	5	223	3	football~~ers~~
footbaths	17	6	309	3	footbaths
footboard	15	4	449	3	footboard
footboy	15	4	491	3	footb_oy
footboys	16	4	433	3	footboys
footfault	15	13	320	3	footfault
foothills	15	4	413	3	foothills
foothold	15	4	520	3	foothold
footle	9	39	1438	3	foot__le
footman	12	3	640	3	footma_n
footmark	17	4	383	3	footmark
footpace	15	4	449	3	footpace
footpad	13	4	390	3	footpa_d
footpads	14	4	398	3	footpads
footpath	16	6	384	3	footpath
footrace	13	4	641	3	footrace
footstalk	16	4	298	3	footstalk
footstalls	13	4	324	3	footstalls
footway	16	3	525	3	footwa_y
footways	17	4	487	3	footways
forkballs	18	4	425	3	forkballs
foxtail	17	4	538	3	foxt_ail
goofballs	15	4	302	3	goofballs
lowball	12	7	550	3	_lowball
meatball	12	4	451	3	meatball
mothball	15	4	389	3	mothball
oddball	11	4	377	3	_oddball
outbawl	12	3	747	3	_outbawl
outcall	9	3	1012	3	_outcall
outfall	10	3	968	3	_outfall
poolhall	13	4	370	3	poolhall
snowball	13	11	494	3	snowball
softballs	14	4	377	3	softballs
sourball	10	4	536	3	sourball
spitball	12	4	449	3	spitball
stoopball	13	5	295	3	stoopball

Search took 7 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	146162	0.423	422437.4
2	DLD Change Limit	146162	67	6.313	23152.5
3	Display Results	67	67	0.030	2233.3
	(SQL Overall)	178691	67	6.766	26410.1