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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “noes” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

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.

27 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
noes	4	58	4539	(None)
does	5	65	5447	1	does
foes	7	65	4344	1	foes
goes	5	56	4409	1	goes
hoes	7	57	5573	1	hoes
joes	11	66	3589	1	joes
nobs	6	64	3690	1	nobs
nodes	6	46	3349	1	nodes
nods	5	58	3822	1	nods
noel	4	52	2655	1	noel
noels	5	64	1870	1	noels
nogs	5	65	3461	1	nogs
nomes	7	49	3312	1	nomes
noms	6	56	3640	1	noms
nones	5	56	3913	1	nones
nos	3	88	5932	1	no_s
nose	4	67	3936	1	nose
noses	5	54	3564	1	noses
notes	5	50	3458	1	notes
nous	4	61	3698	1	nous
nows	7	57	3823	1	nows
oes	3	58	6619	1	_oes
ones	4	61	4653	1	ones
roes	4	59	5413	1	roes
toes	4	69	5644	1	toes
voes	7	54	3282	1	voes
woes	7	64	4066	1	woes

Search took 1 second 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	13983	0.063	2836365.1
2	DLD Change Limit	13983	27	0.250	55932.0
3	Display Results	27	27	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	27	0.313	570897.8