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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “simoons” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

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
simoons	9	3	794	(None)
simooms	11	3	557	1	simooms
simoon	8	5	806	1	simoon_
kimonos	13	11	463	2	kimonos
moons	7	53	3100	2	__moons
saloons	7	44	1532	2	saloons
simians	9	5	920	2	simians
simious	9	3	980	2	simious
simlins	9	3	1184	2	simlins
simoleons	11	13	298	2	simoleons
simony	11	3	790	2	sim_ony
simoom	10	3	750	2	simoo_m
siphons	12	3	935	2	siphons
spoons	8	41	1602	2	s_poons
summons	11	5	800	2	summons
swoons	9	45	1114	2	s_woons

Search took 4 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	107671	0.376	475242.0
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	16	3.356	32083.1
3	Display Results	16	16	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	16	3.732	47880.8