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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “footballer” 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
footballer	15	5	299	(None)
footballers	16	5	223	1	footballers
fastballer	15	5	198	2	fastballer
football	13	4	561	2	football__
footballs	14	4	536	2	football_s
softballer	15	5	208	2	softballer
broomballer	17	5	132	3	broomballer
fastballers	16	5	174	3	fastballers
fireballer	15	12	298	3	fireballer
foosball	13	4	408	3	foosball__
foosballs	14	4	402	3	foosball_s
footfall	14	4	482	3	footfall__
footfalls	15	4	459	3	footfall_s
footler	10	40	1187	3	foot___ler
footwall	14	4	452	3	footwall__
footwalls	15	4	438	3	footwall_s
softballers	16	5	168	3	softballers

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	140603	0.436	409841.7
2	DLD Change Limit	140603	17	6.610	21271.3
3	Display Results	17	17	0.016	1062.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	17	7.062	25303.2