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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “smallest” 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
smallest	10	3	940	(None)
mallet	8	44	3305	2	_malle_t
mallets	9	33	1849	2	_mallets
sallet	6	37	3454	2	s_alle_t
sallets	7	37	1965	2	s_allets
saltest	7	19	1651	2	s_altest
scaliest	10	17	1439	2	scaliest
shaliest	11	14	1505	2	shaliest
smaller	9	34	1033	2	smalle_r
smallish	13	4	657	2	smallish
smallness	11	7	451	2	smallness
smalls	8	45	1412	2	small_s_
smartest	10	3	1018	2	smartest
smelliest	11	3	660	2	smelliest
snellest	8	3	949	2	snellest
stablest	10	33	1294	2	stablest
stalest	7	37	2017	2	sta_lest
stillest	8	3	1107	2	stillest
swellest	11	3	766	2	swellest
tallest	7	3	1709	2	_tallest

Search took 4 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	0.160	1116818.8
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	20	3.700	32718.6
3	Display Results	20	20	0.016	1250.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	20	3.876	46101.9