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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “beleaguering” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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33 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
beleaguering	16	5	214	(None)
leaguering	12	4	381	2	__leaguering
beleaguer	12	4	253	3	beleaguer___
beleaguered	15	9	151	3	beleaguer_ed
beleaguerment	18	13	163	3	beleaguerment
beleaguers	13	4	237	3	beleaguer__s
beavering	15	3	870	4	b__ea_vering
bedeafening	18	5	210	4	bedea_fening
bediapering	17	6	304	4	bedia_pering
befingering	18	4	313	4	befing_ering
belaboring	15	4	403	4	bel_a_boring
belabouring	16	5	233	4	bel_abouring
belauding	13	3	546	4	bel_a_u_ding
beleaguerments	19	13	134	4	beleaguerments
beleaping	14	3	674	4	belea___ping
beliquoring	23	5	190	4	bel_iquoring
bespattering	17	5	234	4	bespattering
betattering	14	4	414	4	be_tattering
blabbering	14	10	436	4	b_l_abbering
blathering	16	10	758	4	b_l_athering
blattering	13	10	871	4	b_l_attering
blearing	11	31	1194	4	b_lea___ring
blethering	16	11	593	4	b_le_thering
demergering	16	5	359	4	demerg_ering
laagering	11	3	683	4	__laag_ering
lagering	10	22	1231	4	__l_ag_ering
leaguing	10	3	534	4	__leagu__ing
leathering	14	8	868	4	__leathering
pleasuring	13	4	350	4	_pleasu_ring
relacquering	24	5	177	4	relacquering
relettering	12	5	551	4	rele_ttering
remeasuring	14	4	286	4	remeasu_ring
telemetering	15	5	246	4	telemetering

Search took 8 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	124790	0.406	440125.6
2	DLD Change Limit	124790	33	7.513	16609.9
3	Display Results	33	33	0.033	1000.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	33	7.952	22471.2