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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “southeastern” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

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.

13 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
southeastern	15	6	262	(None)
southeaster	14	5	363	1	southeaster_
southeasters	15	5	331	1	southeasters
northeastern	15	6	263	2	northeastern
southeasterly	19	7	202	2	southeasterly
southwestern	18	7	198	2	southwestern
northeaster	14	5	353	3	northeaster_
northeasters	15	5	340	3	northeasters
southeast	12	4	679	3	southeast___
southeasts	13	4	423	3	southeast__s
southeastward	20	10	145	3	southeastward
southwester	17	8	251	3	southwester_
southwesters	18	6	238	3	southwesters

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	95024	0.376	475242.0
2	DLD Change Limit	95024	13	3.623	26228.0
3	Display Results	13	13	0.016	812.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	13	4.015	44505.9