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

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

14 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
godfathers	18	5	216	(None)
godfather	17	4	217	1	godfather_
godfathered	20	5	141	2	godfathered
godmothers	17	5	263	2	godmothers
fathers	13	39	1650	3	___fathers
forefathers	20	5	314	3	forefathers
forgathers	17	4	355	3	forgathers
gathers	11	43	1507	3	g___athers
goatherd	13	3	526	3	go__atherd
goatherds	14	4	420	3	go__atherds
godfathering	21	5	146	3	godfathering
godmother	16	4	269	3	godmother_
grandfathers	20	6	206	3	grandfathers
loathers	11	33	1044	3	lo__athers

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	140603	0.406	440125.6
2	DLD Change Limit	140603	14	6.186	22729.2
3	Display Results	14	14	0.016	875.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	14	6.608	27041.6