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

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

14 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
snakeweeds	18	5	172	(None)
snakeweed	17	4	228	1	snakeweed_
snakeheads	18	5	248	2	snakeheads
snapweeds	15	4	228	2	sna_pweeds
daneweeds	14	4	276	3	_daneweeds
knapweeds	19	4	157	3	kna_pweeds
pokeweeds	19	6	242	3	_pokeweeds
seaweeds	12	10	445	3	sea__weeds
silkweeds	17	4	260	3	silk_weeds
smartweeds	16	5	143	3	smartweeds
snakebirds	17	5	165	3	snakebirds
snakehead	17	4	277	3	snakehead_
snapweed	14	4	345	3	sna_pweed_
sneezeweeds	24	6	58	3	sneezeweeds

Search took 7 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	140603	0.420	425454.8
2	DLD Change Limit	140603	14	5.690	24710.5
3	Display Results	14	14	0.013	1076.9
	(SQL Overall)	178691	14	6.123	29183.6