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

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

11 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
smashes	12	39	1461	(None)
mashes	11	50	3000	1	_mashes
sashes	9	47	2848	1	s_ashes
slashes	10	36	1911	1	slashes
smashed	13	37	1122	1	smashed
smasher	12	39	1102	1	smasher
smashers	13	33	959	1	smashers
smushes	12	37	1009	1	smushes
snashes	10	52	1475	1	snashes
stashes	10	39	1617	1	stashes
swashes	13	47	1440	1	swashes

Search took 7 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	69583	0.700	255272.9
2	DLD Change Limit	69583	11	4.456	15615.6
3	Display Results	11	11	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	11	5.156	34656.9