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

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

17 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
caressing	12	3	880	(None)
accessing	14	4	583	2	accessing
careening	12	3	1001	2	careening
careering	12	3	1120	2	careering
caressingly	17	5	295	2	caressingly
caressive	14	4	582	2	caressive
carousing	12	3	789	2	carousing
cessing	10	38	1481	2	c__essing
creasing	11	33	1444	2	c_reasing
cresting	11	40	1704	2	c_resting
crossing	11	26	1268	2	c_rossing
dressing	10	28	1042	2	_dressing
egressing	11	4	685	2	egressing
harassing	13	4	698	2	harassing
harnessing	14	4	390	2	harnessing
pressing	11	25	1644	2	_pressing
stressing	10	3	833	2	stressing

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	121436	0.406	440125.6
2	DLD Change Limit	121436	17	3.703	32794.0
3	Display Results	17	17	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	17	4.109	43487.7