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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “smoothening” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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
smoothening	17	5	211	(None)
smoothing	15	3	528	2	smooth__ing
smothering	16	4	601	2	sm_othering
mothering	15	21	1018	3	_m_othering
scouthering	17	4	348	3	scouthering
shortening	14	4	530	3	short_ening
smartening	13	4	499	3	smart_ening
smooching	17	3	488	3	smooch__ing
smooshing	15	3	479	3	smoosh__ing
smoothen	13	20	495	3	smoothe__n_
smoothened	16	4	248	3	smoothen_ed
smoothens	14	19	425	3	smoothe__ns
softening	13	6	549	3	s_oft_ening
soothing	12	26	996	3	s_ooth__ing
stoutening	11	4	338	3	stout_ening
youthening	17	4	372	3	_youthening

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	121633	0.190	940478.9
2	DLD Change Limit	121633	16	6.310	19276.2
3	Display Results	16	16	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	16	6.500	27490.9