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

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

24 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
squeals	16	3	651	(None)
squeaks	20	3	452	1	squeaks
squeal	15	3	802	1	squeal_
equals	15	3	869	2	equ_als
queans	15	31	1075	2	_queans
quells	15	35	970	2	_quells
quezals	25	4	425	2	_quezals
seals	5	48	3969	2	s__eals
sequels	16	6	570	2	seque_ls
sheals	9	44	2064	2	s_heals
squabs	17	42	932	2	squ_abs
squads	16	44	1029	2	squ_ads
squall	15	3	800	2	squ_all
squalls	16	4	731	2	squalls
squats	15	37	1296	2	squ_ats
squaws	18	43	878	2	squ_aws
squeak	19	3	525	2	squea_k
squeaky	23	4	308	2	squeaky
squealed	18	8	535	2	squealed
squealer	17	11	560	2	squealer
squealers	18	9	445	2	squealers
squegs	16	7	564	2	sque_gs
squills	16	6	631	2	squills
steals	6	40	2006	2	s_teals

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	107671	0.216	827273.1
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	24	4.563	23596.5
3	Display Results	24	24	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	24	4.779	37390.9