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

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

20 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
freshens	14	29	831	(None)
freshen	13	30	1088	1	freshen_
freshes	13	35	1582	1	freshe_s
freshets	14	29	867	1	freshets
fleshers	14	33	944	2	fleshers
fleshes	13	39	1327	2	fleshe_s
freshed	14	33	1259	2	freshe_d
freshened	16	4	525	2	freshened
freshener	15	4	485	2	freshener
fresheners	16	4	386	2	fresheners
fresher	13	26	1264	2	freshe_r
freshest	14	30	1058	2	freshest
freshet	13	34	1664	2	freshe_t
freshing	15	26	1102	2	freshing
freshmen	16	5	602	2	freshmen_
freshness	15	4	594	2	freshness
fresnels	11	3	523	2	fresnels
greyhens	15	4	263	2	greyhens
refreshens	16	11	399	2	refreshens
reshes	9	41	2436	2	_reshe_s

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	121059	0.393	454684.5
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	20	3.686	32842.9
3	Display Results	20	20	0.016	1250.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	20	4.095	43636.4