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

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

8 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
spooking	15	26	980	(None)
snooking	13	30	1058	1	snooking
spoking	14	32	1222	1	sp_oking
spoofing	14	22	836	1	spoofing
spooling	11	32	1256	1	spooling
spooning	11	28	1144	1	spooning
spooring	11	31	1146	1	spooring
stooking	13	27	1114	1	stooking

Search took 2 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	82945	0.360	496363.9
2	DLD Change Limit	82945	8	1.453	57085.3
3	Display Results	8	8	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	8	1.813	98560.9