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

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

21 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
ropelike	14	15	785	(None)
popelike	16	17	785	1	popelike
roselike	12	16	918	1	roselike
apelike	13	3	1053	2	_apelike
cokelike	13	3	681	2	cokelike
crapelike	17	4	493	2	crapelike
domelike	15	17	775	2	domelike
dovelike	16	15	713	2	dovelike
grapelike	16	4	466	2	grapelike
hoelike	14	14	1116	2	ho_elike
homelike	17	17	953	2	homelike
hoselike	15	17	964	2	hoselike
noselike	12	15	857	2	noselike
pipelike	16	16	669	2	pipelike
rocklike	13	3	590	2	rocklike
rodlike	12	8	826	2	ro_dlike
rooflike	15	3	462	2	rooflike
rootlike	12	3	661	2	rootlike
runelike	12	3	603	2	runelike
tapelike	14	3	749	2	tapelike
toelike	11	14	982	2	to_elike

Search took 5 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	121059	0.393	454684.5
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	21	3.716	32577.8
3	Display Results	21	21	0.016	1312.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	21	4.125	43319.0