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

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

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
idioms	9	5	641	(None)
idiom	8	9	996	1	idiom_
idiots	7	6	864	1	idiots
adios	6	58	2286	2	adio_s
axioms	15	40	805	2	axioms
dims	7	54	3502	2	_di_ms
diols	6	55	2101	2	_diols
doms	7	62	3957	2	_d_oms
dooms	8	53	2134	2	_dooms
idiocy	12	7	346	2	idiocy
idiot	6	7	1886	2	idio_t
idols	6	55	1413	2	id_ols
indiums	10	3	714	2	indiums
inions	6	44	1700	2	inions
iodisms	10	30	848	2	iodisms
odious	7	4	993	2	odious
odiums	9	33	794	2	odiums

Search took 3 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	82551	0.326	548131.9
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	17	2.296	35954.3
3	Display Results	17	17	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	17	2.622	68150.6