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

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

22 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
snowiest	11	3	814	(None)
showiest	14	3	878	1	showiest
blowiest	13	3	792	2	blowiest
cowiest	12	36	1467	2	_cowiest
nosiest	7	34	1567	2	_nosiest
slowest	10	16	871	2	slow_est
smokiest	14	3	788	2	smokiest
snakiest	12	21	1054	2	snakiest
snobbiest	13	5	496	2	snobbiest
snoopiest	11	15	706	2	snoopiest
snootiest	9	17	875	2	snootiest
snooziest	18	17	539	2	snooziest
snottiest	9	16	797	2	snottiest
snoutiest	9	17	825	2	snoutiest
snowbelt	13	11	462	2	snowbelt
snowier	10	3	879	2	snowie_r
snowiness	12	9	624	2	snowiness
snowless	11	4	562	2	snowless
snowmelt	13	11	412	2	snowmelt
sonsiest	8	3	1303	2	sonsiest
sootiest	8	40	1675	2	sootiest
stoniest	8	4	1354	2	stoniest

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	0.140	1276364.3
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	22	4.000	30264.8
3	Display Results	22	22	0.013	1692.3
	(SQL Overall)	178691	22	4.153	43027.0