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

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

19 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
brownest	13	9	889	(None)
browniest	14	20	712	1	browniest
blowiest	13	3	792	2	blowiest
brawest	12	38	1048	2	braw_est
brawniest	14	19	710	2	brawniest
broadest	11	3	857	2	broadest
browbeat	15	4	488	2	browbeat
browless	13	4	665	2	browless
browned	13	47	1097	2	browne_d
browner	12	49	1164	2	browne_r
brownies	13	18	961	2	brownies_
brownish	16	4	564	2	brownish
brownness	14	4	434	2	brownness
brownout	13	4	568	2	brownout
browns	11	64	1563	2	brown_s_
browses	12	47	1269	2	browses_
crownet	12	37	1411	2	crowne_t
crownets	13	40	767	2	crownets
prowest	12	3	1153	2	prow_est

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	121059	0.173	1032896.0
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	19	4.470	27082.6
3	Display Results	19	19	0.013	1461.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	19	4.656	38378.7