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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “schorls” 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
schorls	12	4	835	(None)
schools	12	4	911	1	schools
schorl	11	7	981	1	schorl_
shorls	9	45	1620	1	s_horls
ceorls	8	4	816	2	_ceorls
chorals	12	46	1411	2	_chorals
chords	12	52	1463	2	_chords
chores	11	48	2802	2	_chores
chorus	11	50	1477	2	_chorus
churls	11	54	1107	2	_churls
ichors	11	3	1042	2	ichor_s
school	11	4	1072	2	school_
schrods	13	3	743	2	schrods
schuls	11	29	985	2	sch_uls
scores	8	47	2592	2	sc_ores
scorns	8	57	1302	2	sc_orns
scowls	11	54	959	2	sc_owls
scrolls	9	3	806	2	scrolls
shoals	9	42	1579	2	s_hoals
shools	9	49	1901	2	s_hools
shores	9	48	3041	2	s_hores
shorl	8	47	2025	2	s_horl_
shorts	9	53	2174	2	s_horts
whorls	12	44	1016	2	_whorls

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	0.356	501941.0
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	24	3.203	33615.7
3	Display Results	24	24	0.016	1500.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	24	3.575	49983.5