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

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

17 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
squashy	22	3	384	(None)
squash	18	4	683	1	squash_
squishy	22	4	402	1	squishy
quash	17	45	1216	2	_quash_
slushy	12	41	722	2	slu_shy
splashy	15	4	355	2	splashy
squabby	23	4	328	2	squabby
squally	19	3	767	2	squally
squashed	21	21	598	2	squashed
squasher	20	18	578	2	squasher
squashes	20	20	780	2	squashes
squashily	24	4	279	2	squashily
squatly	19	4	643	2	squatly
squatty	19	6	482	2	squatty
squish	18	3	857	2	squish_
squooshy	23	8	127	2	squooshy
squush	18	3	399	2	squush_

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	107671	0.140	1276364.3
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	17	3.500	30763.1
3	Display Results	17	17	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	17	3.640	49090.9