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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “cowherds” 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
cowherds	17	3	542	(None)
cowherbs	18	3	354	1	cowherbs
cowherd	16	3	695	1	cowherd_
bowheads	17	4	537	2	bowheads
coheads	13	28	923	2	co_heads
coheres	12	29	1769	2	co_heres
coshers	12	36	1818	2	cosher_s
cowards	13	3	961	2	cow_ards
cowbirds	16	4	404	2	cowbirds
cowers	11	46	2553	2	cow_er_s
cowhands	17	6	526	2	cowhands
cowherb	17	3	510	2	cowher_b
cowsheds	17	3	474	2	cowshe_ds
nowheres	14	3	751	2	nowheres
towheads	15	4	481	2	towheads

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	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	15	4.046	29920.7
3	Display Results	15	15	0.016	937.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	15	4.452	40137.2