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

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

19 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
rainstorms	12	4	366	(None)
brainstorms	15	5	249	1	brainstorms
rainstorm	11	4	457	1	rainstorm_
barnstorms	14	4	296	2	barnstorms
brainstorm	14	5	283	2	brainstorm_
hailstorms	15	5	242	2	hailstorms
barnstorm	13	4	394	3	barnstorm_
brainstems	14	4	194	3	brainst_ems
brainstormed	17	6	174	3	brainstormed
brainstormer	16	6	179	3	brainstormer
brainstormers	17	6	143	3	brainstormers
hailstorm	14	4	307	3	hailstorm_
rainspouts	12	5	207	3	rainspouts
ransoms	9	24	1016	3	ra_ns_o_ms
reinforms	14	4	508	3	rein_forms
ringworms	15	4	411	3	r_ingworms
sandstorms	13	4	307	3	sandstorms
transforms	15	4	583	3	tra_nsforms
windstorms	16	5	194	3	_windstorms

Search took 9 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	140603	0.406	440125.6
2	DLD Change Limit	140603	19	8.080	17401.4
3	Display Results	19	19	0.030	633.3
	(SQL Overall)	178691	19	8.516	20983.0