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

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

15 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
besmirching	21	9	191	(None)
bescorching	21	4	228	2	bescorching
smirching	17	4	439	2	__smirching
bemiring	13	23	960	3	be_mir__ing
beseeching	18	4	336	3	bes_eeching
besmiling	14	3	626	3	besmi__ling
besmirch	17	4	213	3	besmirch___
besmirched	20	5	193	3	besmirch_ed
besmirches	19	8	216	3	besmirch_es
besmoothing	19	12	200	3	besmoothing
bestirring	13	4	399	3	bestir_ring
bewitching	21	6	277	3	be_witching
birching	16	32	846	3	b___irching
researching	17	4	342	3	researching
restitching	17	4	400	3	restitching

Search took 5 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	121633	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	121633	15	4.483	27132.1
3	Display Results	15	15	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	15	4.873	36669.6