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

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

21 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
squashing	22	3	470	(None)
quashing	21	3	709	1	_quashing
squishing	22	3	495	1	squishing
squushing	22	4	294	1	squushing
sashing	11	46	2147	2	s__ashing
shushing	15	31	774	2	shu_shing
slashing	12	37	1341	2	s_lashing
slushing	12	29	964	2	slu_shing
smashing	14	33	1024	2	s_mashing
smushing	14	28	745	2	smu_shing
splashing	15	3	570	2	splashing
squadding	21	4	323	2	squadding
squalling	19	3	517	2	squalling
squaring	18	15	863	2	squa_ring
squashier	21	4	391	2	squashier
squashily	24	4	279	2	squashily
squatting	19	3	451	2	squatting
squawking	26	4	243	2	squawking
squooshing	23	4	199	2	squooshing
stashing	12	35	1158	2	s_tashing
swashing	15	36	974	2	s_washing

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	121436	0.140	1276364.3
2	DLD Change Limit	121436	21	3.516	34538.1
3	Display Results	21	21	0.013	1615.4
	(SQL Overall)	178691	21	3.669	48702.9