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

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

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
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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
dreariest	10	22	912	(None)
dreamiest	12	22	722	1	dreamiest
drearies	9	23	1341	1	drearies_
bleariest	11	5	885	2	bleariest
creakiest	15	23	859	2	creakiest
creamiest	13	24	893	2	creamiest
creasiest	11	22	994	2	creasiest
dearest	8	36	1867	2	d_ear_est
dearies	8	35	2627	2	d_earies_
drearier	9	29	792	2	drearie_r
dreariness	11	4	628	2	dreariness
dreggiest	12	12	454	2	dreggiest
dressiest	10	3	682	2	dressiest
freakiest	16	20	669	2	freakiest
greasiest	10	20	856	2	greasiest
leariest	8	31	1785	2	_leariest
readiest	9	37	1904	2	_readiest
rearrest	8	3	1160	2	_rearrest
smeariest	11	3	812	2	smeariest
teariest	8	24	1726	2	_teariest
weariest	11	29	1479	2	_weariest

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	121436	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	121436	21	3.406	35653.6
3	Display Results	21	21	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	21	3.796	47073.5