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

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

16 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
ambushes	15	3	580	(None)
ambushed	16	4	446	1	ambushed
ambusher	15	4	411	1	ambusher
ambushers	16	4	343	1	ambushers
abashes	12	5	1037	2	a_bashes
abuses	8	51	1910	2	a_bus_es
ambush	13	3	611	2	ambush__
amuses	8	51	1794	2	am_us_es
ankushes	15	4	458	2	ankushes
bushes	11	52	2611	2	__bushes
hagbushes	18	4	256	2	hagbushes
iambuses	12	3	578	2	iambus_es
maybushes	19	4	244	2	maybushes
mushes	11	41	2456	2	_m_ushes
smushes	12	37	1009	2	sm_ushes
tarbushes	14	4	488	2	tarbushes

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	0.376	475242.0
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	16	3.703	32692.1
3	Display Results	16	16	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	16	4.079	43807.6