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

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

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
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23 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
soothest	11	33	1224	(None)
smoothest	14	21	577	1	smoothest
soothes	10	39	1711	1	soothes_
sootiest	8	40	1675	1	sootiest
couthest	13	3	1208	2	couthest
footiest	11	35	1491	2	footiest
footrest	11	30	885	2	footrest
hootiest	11	31	1564	2	hootiest
rootiest	8	31	1559	2	rootiest
smoothes	13	21	854	2	smoothes_
snootiest	9	17	875	2	snootiest
softest	10	3	1060	2	soft_est
soonest	7	4	1559	2	soo_nest
soothe	9	42	1485	2	soothe__
soothed	11	37	1274	2	soothe_d
soother	10	42	1504	2	soothe_r
soothers	11	39	1343	2	soothers
soothfast	15	4	333	2	soothfast
sooths	9	57	1559	2	sooth_s_
southeast	12	4	679	2	southeast
southwest	15	4	545	2	southwest
toothiest	12	3	752	2	toothiest
zootiest	17	33	1121	2	zootiest

Search took 8 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	0.593	301333.9
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	23	7.016	17254.7
3	Display Results	23	23	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	23	7.609	23484.2