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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “smidgen” 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
smidgen	11	42	651	(None)
smidge	10	37	848	1	smidge_
smidgens	12	32	564	1	smidgens
smidgeon	12	30	327	1	smidgeon
smidges	11	44	819	1	smidges
smidgin	11	33	510	1	smidgin
amidogen	12	4	391	2	amidogen
midden	10	41	1285	2	_midden
midge	9	50	1655	2	_midge_
midges	10	35	1648	2	_midges
midget	10	37	1845	2	_midget
slidden	9	3	515	2	slidden
smidgeons	13	27	273	2	smidgeons
smidgins	12	31	484	2	smidgins
smitten	9	3	669	2	smitten
smudge	10	38	791	2	smudge_
smudged	12	32	646	2	smudged
smudges	11	34	828	2	smudges
swidden	12	3	423	2	swidden

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	107671	0.373	479064.3
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	19	3.280	32826.5
3	Display Results	19	19	0.016	1187.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	19	3.669	48702.9