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

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

21 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
teardrop	11	5	310	(None)
eardrop	10	6	522	1	_eardrop
teardrops	12	6	329	1	teardrops
eardrops	11	6	530	2	_eardrops
airdrop	10	4	442	3	_airdrop
dewdrop	14	4	281	3	de_wdrop
eardrum	10	13	542	3	_eardrum
hardtop	13	4	505	3	_hardtop
paradrop	13	4	460	3	_paradrop
tardo	6	53	2110	3	t_ard_o_
tardyon	11	3	467	3	t_ardyon
teardown	12	4	376	3	teardown
tearer	6	48	2290	3	tearer__
tearers	7	52	1823	3	tearer_s
tearoom	9	3	906	3	tear_oom
tearstrip	11	5	238	3	tearstrip
teashop	12	4	608	3	tea_shop
teraflop	13	4	274	3	teraflop
terror	6	38	1173	3	te_r_ror
tsardom	10	4	448	3	tsard_om
tzardom	19	4	373	3	tzard_om

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	146162	0.436	409841.7
2	DLD Change Limit	146162	21	8.050	18156.8
3	Display Results	21	21	0.013	1615.4
	(SQL Overall)	178691	21	8.499	21024.9