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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “rowdyisms” 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
rowdyisms	18	4	197	(None)
rowdyism	17	5	215	1	rowdyism_
rowdyish	18	5	266	2	rowdyis_h
toadyisms	15	4	294	2	toadyisms
bogyisms	16	4	382	3	bo_gyisms
cronyisms	16	4	381	3	cro_nyisms
dandyisms	16	4	322	3	dandyisms
dodoisms	12	4	452	3	do_doisms
dowdyish	19	5	283	3	dowdyis_h
fogeyisms	18	4	316	3	fogeyisms
fogyisms	17	4	328	3	fo_gyisms
iodisms	10	30	848	3	io_d_isms
lobbyisms	18	4	241	3	lobbyisms
robotisms	13	7	513	3	robotisms
rowdies	11	31	1269	3	rowd_i_es
royalisms	14	12	726	3	royalisms
toadyism	14	4	367	3	toadyism_

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	0.440	406115.9
2	DLD Change Limit	148641	17	7.310	20333.9
3	Display Results	17	17	0.016	1062.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	17	7.766	23009.4