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

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

17 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
fireplugs	15	4	212	(None)
fireplug	14	4	208	1	fireplug_
firebugs	14	11	382	2	fire_bugs
earplugs	11	4	224	3	ear_plugs
firebug	13	8	379	3	fire_bug_
fireclays	17	4	335	3	fireclays
firedogs	13	4	479	3	fire_dogs
firefangs	16	4	305	3	firefangs
fireflies	15	4	536	3	fireflies
fireless	11	28	1059	3	fire_less
firepans	13	4	715	3	firep_ans
firepinks	18	5	283	3	firepinks
fireplace	16	4	487	3	fireplace
fireplaces	17	4	435	3	fireplaces
firepots	13	4	689	3	firep_ots
forelegs	12	3	661	3	fore_legs
foreplays	17	4	504	3	foreplays

Search took 7 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	0.423	422437.4
2	DLD Change Limit	148641	17	6.436	23095.2
3	Display Results	17	17	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	17	6.859	26052.0