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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “birthday” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

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.

12 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
birthday	17	4	233	(None)
birthdays	18	5	168	1	birthdays
bertha	11	42	917	3	berth_a_
berthas	12	39	876	3	berth_as
birth	10	56	1987	3	birth___
birthed	13	22	859	3	birth_ed
birthing	14	33	843	3	birthing
birthmark	20	8	199	3	birthmark
birthname	16	5	185	3	birthname
birthrate	14	4	530	3	birthrate
births	11	57	1360	3	birth__s
widthway	21	4	194	3	widthway

Search took 9 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	146162	0.440	406115.9
2	DLD Change Limit	146162	12	7.890	18525.0
3	Display Results	12	12	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	12	8.330	21451.5