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

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

23 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
cheerly	15	41	760	(None)
cheerily	16	5	542	1	cheerily
cheery	14	49	1315	1	cheer_y
sheerly	13	33	770	1	sheerly
cheaply	17	3	502	2	cheaply
cheekily	20	5	347	2	cheekily
cheeky	18	44	861	2	chee_ky
cheer	10	54	2038	2	cheer__
cheered	13	37	1329	2	cheered
cheerer	12	35	1175	2	cheerer
cheerio	12	37	931	2	cheerio
cheerled	14	10	570	2	cheerled
cheero	11	47	1293	2	cheer_o
cheeros	12	37	1163	2	cheeros
cheers	11	45	1891	2	cheer_s
cheesily	16	5	441	2	cheesily
cheesy	14	41	919	2	chee_sy
cherry	14	48	1076	2	ch_erry
cherty	14	46	1247	2	ch_erty
chiefly	18	3	410	2	chiefly
clearly	12	3	666	2	clearly
cleverly	16	4	346	2	cleverly
queerly	19	3	423	2	queerly

Search took 4 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	0.483	369960.7
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	23	3.313	32499.5
3	Display Results	23	23	0.016	1437.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	23	3.812	46875.9