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

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

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
esteem	8	3	881	(None)
esteems	9	3	524	1	esteems
beseem	10	6	908	2	bes_eem
esteemed	11	4	447	2	esteemed
ester	5	47	2771	2	est_er
esters	6	46	2773	2	esters
estrum	8	18	1051	2	estrum
mestee	8	45	2388	2	mestee_
mestees	9	46	1775	2	mestees
seem	6	54	3856	2	_s_eem
steam	7	63	2293	2	_steam
steed	6	60	2494	2	_steed
steek	9	54	1800	2	_steek
steel	5	57	2199	2	_steel
steep	7	60	2070	2	_steep
steer	5	54	2386	2	_steer
stem	6	106	2825	2	_st_em
teem	6	61	3260	2	__teem
testee	6	43	2330	2	testee_
testees	7	42	1591	2	testees
vestee	9	43	1915	2	vestee_
vestees	10	35	1317	2	vestees

Search took 3 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	82551	0.110	1624463.6
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	22	2.516	32810.4
3	Display Results	22	22	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	22	2.626	68046.8