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

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

23 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
fossil	9	37	935	(None)
dossil	7	51	1090	1	dossil
fossils	10	37	901	1	fossils
bossily	12	3	756	2	bossily
dossal	7	55	1030	2	dossal
dossel	7	48	1364	2	dossel
dossils	8	66	977	2	dossils
fissile	10	26	965	2	fissile
flossie	10	33	744	2	flossie
flossily	14	3	452	2	flossily
foil	7	64	3391	2	fo__il
foss	7	64	3164	2	foss__
fossa	8	58	1263	2	foss_a
fossae	9	55	1037	2	fossae
fossas	9	46	1070	2	fossas
fosse	8	61	1946	2	foss_e
fosses	9	60	2208	2	fosses
fossick	16	13	473	2	fossick
fusil	8	47	1532	2	f_usil
fussily	13	26	760	2	fussily
gossip	9	4	643	2	gossip
ossia	5	37	1040	2	_ossia
tonsil	6	3	1187	2	tonsil

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	0.110	1624463.6
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	23	5.233	15775.1
3	Display Results	23	23	0.016	1437.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	23	5.359	33344.1