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

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

15 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
litterbags	13	5	242	(None)
litterbag	12	4	279	1	litterbag_
litterbugs	13	5	202	1	litterbugs
jitterbugs	20	5	160	2	jitterbugs
litterbug	12	4	239	2	litterbug_
jitterbug	19	4	170	3	jitterbug_
letterings	11	22	600	3	letterings
listerias	9	5	923	3	listeria_s
literals	8	3	1229	3	li_ter_als
litterers	9	22	819	3	litter_ers
littering	10	24	1198	3	littering_
littermate	12	4	319	3	littermate
littermates	13	5	286	3	littermates
litters	7	34	2257	3	litter___s
littorals	9	4	413	3	littor_als

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	15	5.983	23500.4
3	Display Results	15	15	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	15	6.389	27968.5