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

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

24 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
randoms	10	21	1243	(None)
fandoms	13	22	947	1	fandoms
random	9	25	1355	1	random_
ransoms	9	24	1016	1	ransoms
bandogs	11	3	836	2	bandogs
candors	10	42	1676	2	candors
condoms	12	42	1408	2	condoms
fandom	12	21	1089	2	fandom_
fantoms	12	18	915	2	fantoms
grandams	12	3	712	2	grandams
hansoms	12	23	852	2	hansoms
radome	9	5	1187	2	ra_dome
radomes	10	3	1105	2	ra_domes
radons	7	41	1853	2	ra_dons
rancors	9	8	1137	2	rancors
randans	8	3	1321	2	randans
randies	8	42	2566	2	randies
randomly	14	4	379	2	randomly
rands	6	59	3045	2	rand__s
ransom	8	24	1094	2	ransom_
rhabdoms	16	4	334	2	rhabdoms
rondos	7	46	1673	2	rondo_s
tandems	10	3	763	2	tandems
transoms	10	4	893	2	transoms

Search took 4 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	107671	0.376	475242.0
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	24	3.233	33303.7
3	Display Results	24	24	0.016	1500.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	24	3.625	49294.1