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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “severest” 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
severest	11	3	1032	(None)
cleverest	14	4	450	2	cleverest
evenest	10	3	1210	2	_evenest
leveret	10	30	1400	2	levere_t
leverets	11	29	760	2	leverets
reverent	11	26	1509	2	reverent
reveres	10	36	2134	2	reveres_
searest	7	33	2202	2	se_arest
securest	10	5	858	2	securest
seeress	7	3	1157	2	se_eress
serenest	8	27	1762	2	serenest
serest	6	48	3161	2	s__erest
severe	9	40	1608	2	severe__
severed	11	35	1386	2	severe_d
severely	14	4	530	2	severely
severer	10	35	1156	2	severe_r
severs	9	41	2112	2	sever_s_
sheerest	11	3	1008	2	sheerest
soberest	10	3	1035	2	soberest

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	0.406	440125.6
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	19	3.843	31501.2
3	Display Results	19	19	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	19	4.249	42054.8