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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “pillboxes” 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
pillboxes	20	5	335	(None)
hellboxes	21	5	429	2	hellboxes
pillbox	18	4	341	2	pillbox__
bilboes	11	44	1024	3	bi_lbo_es
bolloxes	17	3	683	3	boll_oxes
coalboxes	20	4	368	3	coalboxes
fireboxes	21	4	477	3	fireboxes
hilloes	10	38	1596	3	hill_o_es
iceboxes	19	4	353	3	_iceboxes
kickboxes	23	4	267	3	kickboxes
mailboxes	20	4	271	3	mailboxes
pegboxes	20	4	314	3	p_egboxes
phloxes	19	3	551	3	p_hl_oxes
pillages	11	30	1261	3	pill_ages
pillions	10	16	1092	3	pillio_ns
pillories	11	8	957	3	pillories
pillowed	14	15	638	3	pill_owed
pillows	12	26	1012	3	pill_o_ws
pinbones	12	3	814	3	pi_nbones
postboxes	20	4	524	3	postboxes
saltboxes	18	5	308	3	saltboxes
toolboxes	18	4	321	3	toolboxes

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	148641	0.420	425454.8
2	DLD Change Limit	148641	22	6.436	23095.2
3	Display Results	22	22	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	22	6.856	26063.4