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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “lifeboat” 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
lifeboat	13	4	493	(None)
lifeboats	14	4	341	1	lifeboats
fireboat	13	4	909	2	fireboat
iceboat	11	4	716	2	_iceboat
airboat	9	5	1213	3	ai_rboat
bareboat	12	4	994	3	bareboat
fireboats	14	4	641	3	fireboats
firebrat	13	4	814	3	firebrat
iceboats	12	4	497	3	_iceboats
lifeblood	15	5	158	3	lifeblood
lifelong	12	4	263	3	lifelong
lifespan	13	8	249	3	lifespan
lifeway	16	4	427	3	life_way
lifework	18	4	476	3	lifework
longboat	11	4	609	3	longboat
pigboat	12	4	782	3	pi_gboat
riverboat	14	4	423	3	riverboat

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	146162	0.406	440125.6
2	DLD Change Limit	146162	17	6.516	22431.2
3	Display Results	17	17	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	17	6.922	25814.9