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

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

22 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
kickball	15	4	377	(None)
kickballs	16	4	333	1	kickballs
kickable	15	3	558	2	kickable
kickback	16	4	445	2	kickback
stickball	17	4	335	2	stickball
blackball	19	4	452	3	blackball
buckyball	22	5	232	3	buckyball
cockbill	18	4	494	3	cockbill
duckbill	17	4	294	3	duckbill
fireball	13	12	726	3	fireball
forkball	17	4	482	3	forkball
highball	17	4	389	3	highball
icefall	12	5	430	3	_icefall
kickbacks	17	4	431	3	kickbacks
kickboard	17	4	382	3	kickboard
kickbox	21	4	254	3	kickb_ox
pinball	11	3	793	3	pi_nball
rockfall	17	4	340	3	rockfall
sickbay	18	4	372	3	sickba_y
sickbays	19	4	316	3	sickbays
stickballs	18	5	281	3	stickballs
trackball	17	4	381	3	trackball

Search took 9 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	0.170	1051123.5
2	DLD Change Limit	146162	22	8.486	17223.9
3	Display Results	22	22	0.016	1375.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	22	8.672	20605.5