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

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

26 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
dotard	8	3	905	(None)
dotards	9	3	725	1	dotards
board	8	55	2300	2	bo_ard
boyard	12	54	1128	2	boyard
costard	10	41	1335	2	costard
coward	12	4	1167	2	coward
dastard	9	27	970	2	dastard
datary	10	3	1024	2	datary
doated	8	41	1818	2	doated
dotage	8	27	1161	2	dotage
dotal	6	49	1962	2	dota_l
dotardly	13	4	384	2	dotardly
doted	7	52	2707	2	dot_ed
doter	6	54	2862	2	doter_
doters	7	44	2391	2	doters
dotted	8	47	1752	2	dotted
hoard	9	49	1831	2	ho_ard
holard	10	4	1057	2	holard
leotard	8	4	619	2	leotard
notary	9	23	1071	2	notary
petard	9	50	1380	2	petard
retard	7	50	1893	2	retard
ritard	7	48	1208	2	ritard
rotary	9	24	1130	2	rotary
toward	10	3	1106	2	toward
votary	12	24	833	2	votary

Search took 6 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	82551	1.076	166069.7
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	26	4.673	17665.5
3	Display Results	26	26	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	26	5.749	31082.1