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

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

10 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
sparks	12	46	1636	(None)
parks	11	61	3446	1	_parks
sarks	9	66	3246	1	s_arks
sharks	13	50	1972	1	sharks
snarks	10	48	1573	1	snarks
spanks	12	45	1412	1	spanks
spares	8	48	3455	1	spares
spark	11	49	2089	1	spark_
sparky	15	45	1152	1	sparky
spars	7	54	3154	1	spar_s

Search took 2 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	48755	0.076	2351197.4
2	DLD Change Limit	48755	10	0.970	50262.9
3	Display Results	10	10	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	10	1.046	170832.7