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

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

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
screwier	13	4	643	(None)
screwer	12	44	1007	1	screw_er
chewier	15	3	759	2	_chewier
crepier	11	3	975	2	_crepier
scrawler	13	4	589	2	scrawler
scrawlier	14	4	390	2	scrawlier
scrawnier	14	4	364	2	scrawnier
screamer	12	26	788	2	screamer
screener	10	3	757	2	screener
screwed	13	57	1066	2	screw_ed
screwers	13	35	806	2	screw_ers
screwiest	14	4	547	2	screwiest
screwing	14	28	823	2	screwing
shrewder	15	3	440	2	shrewder
strawier	11	3	749	2	strawier
strewer	10	43	1041	2	strew_er

Search took 8 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	0.436	409841.7
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	16	6.763	17900.2
3	Display Results	16	16	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	16	7.199	24821.6