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

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

13 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
johnboats	21	5	200	(None)
johnboat	20	5	337	1	johnboat_
cockboats	19	4	531	3	cockboats
downbeats	15	4	319	3	downbeats
foldboats	15	4	371	3	foldboats
gunboats	11	4	482	3	_gunboats
johnsons	18	4	238	3	johnso_ns
jollyboats	22	7	232	3	jollyboats
longboats	12	4	392	3	longboats
rowboats	13	8	484	3	ro_wboats
showboats	17	4	377	3	showboats
towboats	13	9	533	3	to_wboats
workboats	18	4	383	3	workboats

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	148641	0.436	409841.7
2	DLD Change Limit	148641	13	6.906	21523.5
3	Display Results	13	13	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	13	7.342	24338.2