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

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

12 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
briefest	13	3	589	(None)
briefed	13	3	574	2	briefe_d
briefer	12	3	556	2	briefe_r
briefers	13	3	514	2	briefers
briefless	14	4	361	2	briefless
briefness	14	4	411	2	briefness
briefs	11	55	1007	2	brief_s_
briniest	10	28	1232	2	briniest
briskest	14	33	780	2	briskest
chiefest	16	4	531	2	chiefest
liefest	10	3	844	2	_liefest
rifest	9	31	1458	2	_ri_fest

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	0.393	454684.5
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	12	3.733	32429.4
3	Display Results	12	12	0.016	750.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	12	4.142	43141.2