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

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

16 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
lifeboats	14	4	341	(None)
lifeboat	13	4	493	1	lifeboat_
fireboats	14	4	641	2	fireboats
iceboats	12	4	497	2	_iceboats
airboats	10	4	728	3	ai_rboats
bareboats	13	4	583	3	bareboats
fireboat	13	4	909	3	fireboat_
firebrats	14	4	588	3	firebrats
iceboat	11	4	716	3	_iceboat_
lifebloods	16	5	147	3	lifebloods
lifespans	14	6	246	3	lifespans
lifeways	17	4	389	3	life_ways
lifeworks	19	4	443	3	lifeworks
longboats	12	4	392	3	longboats
pigboats	13	4	452	3	pi_gboats
riverboats	15	5	276	3	riverboats

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	0.423	422437.4
2	DLD Change Limit	148641	16	7.186	20684.8
3	Display Results	16	16	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	16	7.609	23484.2