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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “absurdest” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

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
absurdest	12	14	391	(None)
absurdist	12	10	392	1	absurdist
absurder	11	13	436	2	absurde_r
absurdism	14	10	254	2	absurdism
absurdists	13	10	264	2	absurdists
absurdness	13	4	289	2	absurdness
absurds	10	3	500	2	absurd_s_
abjures	16	3	652	3	abjur_es_
abruptest	13	4	274	3	abruptest
absorbent	13	4	503	3	absorbent
abstrusest	12	5	317	3	abstrusest
absurd	9	3	590	3	absurd___
absurdisms	15	9	222	3	absurdisms
absurdity	15	5	221	3	absurdity
absurdly	14	4	290	3	absurd_ly
assureds	9	8	449	3	assureds_
assures	7	6	1140	3	assur_es_
assurgent	10	4	462	3	assurgent
auldest	8	3	989	3	a__uldest
obscurest	13	4	341	3	obscur_est
surest	6	50	2676	3	__sur_est

Search took 8 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	148641	0.423	422437.4
2	DLD Change Limit	148641	21	7.046	21095.8
3	Display Results	21	21	0.016	1312.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	21	7.485	23873.2