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

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

(Change Limit cannot be increased to the length of your word, because then every letter could be different!)
Check this box to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

24 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
dew	7	71	3992	(None)
daw	7	71	4836	1	daw
de	3	70	4954	1	de_
deb	6	63	4269	1	deb
dee	4	76	6582	1	dee
def	7	65	4672	1	def
del	4	67	5275	1	del
den	4	75	5434	1	den
dev	7	60	3377	1	dev
dews	8	62	3060	1	dews
dewy	11	54	1902	1	dewy
dex	11	69	3688	1	dex
dey	7	72	4337	1	dey
dow	7	67	4997	1	dow
drew	8	62	2167	1	drew
few	9	54	3696	1	few
hew	9	76	4272	1	hew
jew	13	51	2908	1	jew
mew	8	61	3773	1	mew
new	6	62	3709	1	new
pew	8	64	4230	1	pew
sew	6	62	4726	1	sew
tew	6	66	4015	1	tew
yew	9	64	3629	1	yew

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	5146	0.046	3884587.0
2	DLD Change Limit	5146	24	0.093	55333.3
3	Display Results	24	24	0.016	1500.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	24	0.155	1152845.2