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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “tomboys” 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
tomboys	14	3	571	(None)
tomboy	13	5	821	1	tomboy_
combos	12	53	1661	2	combo_s
cowboys	17	3	525	2	cowboys
gombos	11	43	1109	2	gombo_s
homeboys	18	4	551	2	homeboys
lowboys	15	3	421	2	lowboys
poboys	13	9	731	2	po_boys
potboys	14	7	527	2	potboys
tombacs	13	24	844	2	tombacs
tombaks	15	24	686	2	tombaks
tombola	11	4	610	2	tombola
tombolas	12	4	602	2	tombolas
tombolo	11	4	610	2	tombolo
tombolos	12	4	511	2	tombolos
tomboyish	19	5	242	2	tomboyish
tombs	9	78	1873	2	tomb__s
tomcods	12	3	487	2	tomcods

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	0.376	475242.0
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	18	2.873	37476.9
3	Display Results	18	18	0.016	1125.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	18	3.265	54729.2