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

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

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.

13 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
chews	13	54	1851	(None)
chaws	13	50	2246	1	chaws
chefs	13	62	1466	1	chefs
chess	10	50	1692	1	chess
chew	12	66	2213	1	chew_
chewy	16	50	1190	1	chewy
chows	13	56	1820	1	chows
clews	10	55	1633	1	clews
crews	10	59	1750	1	crews
hews	10	56	3157	1	_hews
shews	11	59	2471	1	shews
thews	11	74	1619	1	thews
whews	14	51	1449	1	whews

Search took 1 second 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	28756	0.283	631417.0
2	DLD Change Limit	28756	13	0.500	57512.0
3	Display Results	13	13	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	13	0.783	228213.3