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

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

15 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
ameba	9	3	1238	1	ameba
acerb	9	3	1276	2	acerb
amber	9	45	2321	2	amber
ambo	8	82	2514	2	am_bo
amebae	10	4	963	2	amebae
ameban	10	3	909	2	ameban
amebas	10	3	1145	2	amebas
amebic	12	3	911	2	amebic
ameer	7	56	1898	2	ameer
amen	6	67	3315	2	ame_n
amend	8	57	1775	2	amend
amens	7	56	2484	2	amens
ament	7	60	3654	2	ament
amoeba	10	3	560	2	amoeba
ebb	7	24	1863	2	__ebb

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	53800	0.190	940478.9
2	DLD Change Limit	53800	15	3.796	14172.8
3	Display Results	15	15	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	15	3.986	44829.7