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

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

22 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
squirms	18	37	634	(None)
squires	16	38	1284	1	squires
squirm	17	38	767	1	squirm_
squirmy	21	37	429	1	squirmy
squirts	16	34	801	1	squirts
esquires	17	26	621	2	esquires
quires	15	40	1575	2	_quires
quirks	19	41	911	2	_quirks
quirts	15	42	1355	2	_quirts
squares	16	37	1446	2	squares
squarks	20	41	718	2	squarks
squibs	17	31	745	2	squi_bs
squids	16	40	980	2	squi_ds
squills	16	6	631	2	squills
squints	16	33	903	2	squints
squire	15	59	1246	2	squir_e
squired	17	37	1006	2	squired
squirish	20	4	511	2	squirish
squirmed	20	3	417	2	squirmed
squirmer	19	3	437	2	squirmer
squirmers	20	5	311	2	squirmers
squirt	15	38	1293	2	squir_t

Search took 7 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	0.750	238254.7
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	22	5.970	18035.3
3	Display Results	22	22	0.016	1375.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	22	6.736	26527.8