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

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

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
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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
beseem	10	6	908	(None)
berseem	11	6	646	1	berseem
beseems	11	7	591	1	beseems
berseems	12	6	393	2	berseems
beseech	14	5	387	2	beseech
beseemed	13	3	485	2	beseemed
beses	7	58	3072	2	bes_es
beset	7	67	3913	2	bes_et
besets	8	57	1880	2	besets
besom	9	57	1697	2	bes_om
bested	9	49	2275	2	bested
beweep	13	14	725	2	beweep
esteem	8	3	881	2	_esteem
meseems	11	6	560	2	meseems
redeem	9	3	1153	2	redeem
resee	5	43	3633	2	resee_
reseed	7	48	2329	2	reseed
reseek	10	38	1313	2	reseek
reseen	6	43	1841	2	reseen
resees	6	38	2748	2	resees
seem	6	54	3856	2	__seem

Search took 3 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	82551	0.346	516448.0
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	21	2.326	35490.5
3	Display Results	21	21	0.016	1312.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	21	2.688	66477.3