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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “steepest” 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
steepest	10	3	812	(None)
deepest	10	3	1044	2	_deepest
seepiest	10	24	1262	2	s_eepiest
sheerest	11	3	1008	2	sheerest
sleekest	12	3	615	2	sleekest
sleepiest	11	3	671	2	sleepiest
steeliest	9	3	964	2	steeliest
steeped	10	34	1228	2	steepe_d
steepen	9	34	865	2	steepe_n
steepens	10	27	711	2	steepens
steeper	9	38	1277	2	steepe_r
steepers	10	30	1137	2	steepers
steepish	13	7	582	2	steepish
steeples	10	3	801	2	steeples_
steepness	11	4	572	2	steepness
steeps	8	52	1519	2	steep_s_
steeves	10	34	1090	2	steeves_
steppes	11	31	1069	2	steppes_
sternest	8	3	1443	2	sternest
sweepiest	14	3	567	2	sweepiest
sweetest	11	3	717	2	sweetest
tempest	11	3	922	2	_tempest

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	121059	0.140	1276364.3
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	22	4.080	29671.3
3	Display Results	22	22	0.013	1692.3
	(SQL Overall)	178691	22	4.233	42213.8