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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “cottoned” 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
cottoned	11	3	803	(None)
bottomed	13	4	467	2	bottomed
buttoned	11	3	750	2	buttoned
cantoned	11	14	1152	2	cantoned
cartoned	11	13	1283	2	cartoned
cocooned	13	3	729	2	cocooned
condoned	12	26	1202	2	condoned
cordoned	12	22	961	2	cordoned
cottered	11	25	1173	2	cottered
cotton	8	3	1299	2	cotton__
cottons	9	3	1219	2	cotton_s
cottonseed	13	5	167	2	cottonseed
cottonweed	16	5	166	2	cottonweed
cottony	12	3	725	2	cotton_y
motioned	11	3	745	2	motioned

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	0.140	1276364.3
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	15	3.906	30993.1
3	Display Results	15	15	0.016	937.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	15	4.062	43990.9