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

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

18 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
spookery	17	26	414	(None)
spoofery	16	35	431	1	spoofery
cookery	16	42	1039	2	_cookery
crookery	17	41	599	2	crookery
rookery	14	39	831	2	_rookery
snooker	11	39	1030	2	snooker_
snookers	12	39	865	2	snookers
spoofer	12	36	872	2	spoofer_
spoofers	13	30	732	2	spoofers
spooked	14	45	1047	2	spooke_d
spookier	14	17	549	2	spookier_
spookily	17	4	417	2	spookily
spooky	15	41	809	2	spook__y
spooler	9	37	1138	2	spooler_
spoolers	10	34	936	2	spoolers
spooney	12	41	824	2	spoone_y
stooker	11	38	1173	2	stooker_
stookers	12	44	979	2	stookers

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	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	18	3.673	32959.2
3	Display Results	18	18	0.016	1125.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	18	4.079	43807.6