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

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

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
gumdrop	13	4	251	(None)
gumdrops	14	4	282	1	gumdrops
outdrop	10	3	619	2	outdrop
airdrop	10	4	442	3	airdrop
dewdrop	14	4	281	3	dewdrop
drop	7	53	2440	3	___drop
eardrop	10	6	522	3	eardrop
guerdon	9	4	434	3	guerdon
guidon	8	3	737	3	guid_on
guiro	6	37	1209	3	gu_iro_
guiros	7	38	909	3	gu_iros
gumbo	10	44	1358	3	gum_bo_
gumboot	12	4	649	3	gumboot
gumbos	11	46	1087	3	gum_bos
gumshoe	13	4	366	3	gumshoe
gumtree	10	4	587	3	gumtree
gumwood	14	11	404	3	gumwood
gundog	9	3	579	3	gund_og
humdrum	15	4	352	3	humdrum
outcrop	11	4	677	3	outcrop
outdrops	11	3	654	3	outdrops
sundrops	11	4	582	3	sundrops
upprop	9	4	409	3	_upprop

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	134027	0.156	1145455.1
2	DLD Change Limit	134027	23	7.313	18327.2
3	Display Results	23	23	0.013	1769.2
	(SQL Overall)	178691	23	7.482	23882.8