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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “expressway” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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.

16 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
expressway	25	5	142	(None)
expressways	26	6	111	1	expressways
expressly	21	4	347	2	express_ly
expressman	21	5	236	2	expressman
express	16	3	749	3	express___
expressage	20	5	239	3	expressage
expressed	19	4	621	3	express_ed
expresser	18	4	573	3	express_er
expressers	19	4	443	3	expressers
expresses	18	3	786	3	express_es
expressing	20	4	662	3	expressing
expression	19	4	657	3	expression
expressive	22	8	593	3	expressive
expressmen	21	5	335	3	expressmen
expresso	17	4	388	3	express__o
expressos	18	4	455	3	express_os

Search took 6 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	140603	0.423	422437.4
2	DLD Change Limit	140603	16	5.390	26085.9
3	Display Results	16	16	0.016	1000.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	16	5.829	30655.5