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

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

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
schmoe	13	32	833	(None)
schmo	12	45	1020	1	schmo_
schmoes	14	30	854	1	schmoes
schmos	13	37	915	1	schmos
scheme	13	7	963	2	scheme
schmeer	14	7	536	2	schmeer
schmoos	14	34	751	2	schmoos
schmoose	15	29	597	2	schmoose
schmooze	24	25	501	2	schmooze
schnoz	20	3	565	2	schnoz
school	11	4	1072	2	school
schrod	12	4	788	2	schrod
shmo	9	53	1810	2	s_hmo_
shmoes	11	46	1210	2	s_hmoes
shoe	7	59	3344	2	s_h_oe

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	82551	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	15	2.890	28564.4
3	Display Results	15	15	0.016	937.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	15	3.296	54214.5