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

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

14 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
sparklets	15	27	584	(None)
sparklers	15	31	564	1	sparklers
sparkles	14	32	1049	1	sparkle_s
sparklet	14	31	1059	1	sparklet_
partlets	10	28	1151	2	_partlets
scarlets	10	17	857	2	scar_lets
spackles	16	31	995	2	spackle_s
sparkers	14	41	1131	2	spark_ers
sparkiest	15	18	809	2	sparkiest
sparkle	13	37	1021	2	sparkle__
sparkled	15	31	773	2	sparkle_d
sparkler	14	31	798	2	sparkle_r
sparkliest	16	4	457	2	sparkliest
starlets	8	16	1008	2	star_lets

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	121436	0.140	1276364.3
2	DLD Change Limit	121436	14	3.733	32530.4
3	Display Results	14	14	0.016	875.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	14	3.889	45947.8