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

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

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
roadblock	18	5	233	(None)
roadblocks	19	5	202	1	roadblocks
roadblocked	21	6	82	2	roadblocked
woodblock	21	5	236	2	woodblock
deadlock	16	4	423	3	dead_lock
dreadlock	17	4	225	3	dread_lock
headlock	18	4	481	3	head_lock
oarlock	13	3	612	3	_oa_rlock
padlock	16	6	581	3	_pad_lock
roadblocking	22	6	90	3	roadblock~~ing~~
roadwork	16	4	547	3	road_work
rowlock	16	5	478	3	ro__wlock
woodblocks	22	5	221	3	woodblocks

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	148641	0.876	203985.2
2	DLD Change Limit	148641	13	7.360	20195.8
3	Display Results	13	13	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	13	8.236	21696.3