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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “esteems” 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
esteems	9	3	524	(None)
esteem	8	3	881	1	esteem_
beseems	11	7	591	2	bes_eems
esteemed	11	4	447	2	esteemed
esters	6	46	2773	2	est_ers
estrums	9	20	860	2	estrums
meseems	11	6	560	2	mes_eems
mestees	9	46	1775	2	mestee_s
seems	7	55	2502	2	_s_eems
steams	8	49	1690	2	_steams
steeds	7	38	1488	2	_steeds
steeks	10	36	1370	2	_steeks
steels	6	41	1798	2	_steels
steeps	8	52	1519	2	_steeps
steers	6	38	2098	2	_steers
stems	7	52	1995	2	_st_ems
teems	7	60	1978	2	__teems
testees	7	42	1591	2	testee_s
vestees	10	35	1317	2	vestee_s

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	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	19	3.313	32499.5
3	Display Results	19	19	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	19	3.703	48255.7