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

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

21 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
greenest	9	3	1262	(None)
greeniest	10	3	903	1	greeniest
freeness	11	7	1044	2	freeness
greatest	9	3	986	2	greatest
greediest	11	4	755	2	greediest
greenbelt	12	4	397	2	greenbelt
greened	9	31	1126	2	greene_d
greener	8	31	1171	2	greene_r
greenery	12	26	592	2	greenery
greenies	9	3	1267	2	greenies_
greenish	12	4	707	2	greenish
greenlet	9	4	851	2	greenlet
greenlets	10	4	470	2	greenlets
greenlit	9	4	580	2	greenlit
greenness	10	4	679	2	greenness
greens	7	57	1687	2	green_s_
greyest	11	34	834	2	gr_eyest
greyness	12	3	524	2	greyness
keenest	11	4	1096	2	_keenest
renest	6	45	2971	2	_r_enest
serenest	8	27	1762	2	serenest

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	0.143	1249587.4
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	21	3.903	31016.9
3	Display Results	21	21	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	21	4.046	44164.9