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

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

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
besmirch	17	4	213	(None)
bescorch	17	4	258	2	bescorch
besmirched	20	5	193	2	besmirched
besmirches	19	8	216	2	besmirches
smirch	13	5	646	2	__smirch
beamish	14	25	929	3	beami_sh
bemire	10	33	1280	3	be_mir_e
bemired	12	34	1063	3	be_mired
bemires	11	32	1283	3	be_mires
beseech	14	5	387	3	bes_eech
besmile	11	3	746	3	besmi_le
besmiled	13	3	549	3	besmiled
besmiles	12	3	739	3	besmiles
besmirching	21	9	191	3	besmirch~~ing~~
besmooth	15	4	335	3	besmooth
bestir	8	3	1116	3	bestir__
bestirs	9	3	1113	3	bestir_s
bewitch	17	4	332	3	be_witch
birch	12	49	1402	3	b___irch
mesarch	14	4	553	3	mes_arch
research	13	4	455	3	research
restitch	13	4	469	3	restitch

Search took 9 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	146162	0.423	422437.4
2	DLD Change Limit	146162	22	7.780	18786.9
3	Display Results	22	22	0.016	1375.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	22	8.219	21741.2