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

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

18 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
birdsongs	13	7	207	(None)
birdsong	12	7	256	1	birdsong_
birddogs	13	8	243	2	birddo_gs
birdings	12	37	882	2	bird_ings
barongs	10	53	1083	3	bar__ongs
biddings	13	39	756	3	bi_ddings
biltongs	11	3	381	3	bi_ltongs
bindings	12	38	1047	3	bind_ings
birddog	12	8	236	3	birddo_g_
birding	11	40	1492	3	bird_ing_
birdseeds	13	4	224	3	birdseeds
birdseyes	15	4	155	3	birdseyes
birlings	11	35	961	3	bir_lings
birthings	15	25	462	3	birthings
bisons	8	39	1437	3	bi__son_s
bridgings	14	25	429	3	bridgings
bridoons	11	4	542	3	bridoon_s
singsongs	11	4	274	3	singsongs

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	148641	0.690	258972.5
2	DLD Change Limit	148641	18	7.983	18619.7
3	Display Results	18	18	0.016	1125.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	18	8.689	20565.2