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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “downspout” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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.

11 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
downspout	15	14	389	(None)
downspouts	16	14	191	1	downspouts
downpour	14	4	300	2	down_pour
downcourt	15	5	354	3	down_court
downpours	15	4	253	3	down_pours
downshift	19	8	370	3	downshift
downslope	15	5	302	3	downslope
downspin	14	4	373	3	downsp_in
downspins	15	4	360	3	downspins
hornpout	13	5	670	3	horn_pout
rainspout	11	5	391	3	rainspout

Search took 8 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	148641	0.436	409841.7
2	DLD Change Limit	148641	11	6.610	22487.3
3	Display Results	11	11	0.016	687.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	11	7.062	25303.2