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

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

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
bestrew	12	4	800	(None)
beshrew	15	5	439	1	beshrew
bestrewn	13	4	333	1	bestrewn
bestrews	13	3	560	1	bestrews
bestrow	12	3	725	1	bestrow
bedstraw	14	4	325	2	bedstraw
beshrews	16	4	316	2	beshrews
bested	9	49	2276	2	best_ed
bestow	11	4	946	2	best_ow
bestrewed	15	9	419	2	bestrewed
bestrid	10	3	997	2	bestrid
bestrown	13	4	520	2	bestrown
bestrows	13	3	704	2	bestrows
bistre	8	38	1502	2	bistre_
bistred	10	33	1185	2	bistred
bistres	9	40	1721	2	bistres
kestrel	11	3	711	2	kestrel
strew	8	92	2066	2	__strew

Search took 4 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	107671	0.376	475242.0
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	18	2.920	36873.6
3	Display Results	18	18	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	18	3.296	54214.5