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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “greatest” 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
greatest	9	3	986	(None)
creates	9	52	2520	2	creates_
featest	10	27	1511	2	_featest
grates	7	54	2989	2	gr_ates_
gravest	11	40	1163	2	gr_avest
grayest	11	48	936	2	gr_ayest
greases	8	48	1671	2	greases_
greasiest	10	20	856	2	greasiest
greaten	8	36	1064	2	greate_n
greatens	9	30	759	2	greatens
greater	8	44	1649	2	greate_r
greatness	10	3	690	2	greatness
greats	7	63	1839	2	great_s_
greaves	11	33	1144	2	greaves_
greenest	9	3	1262	2	greenest
greyest	11	34	834	2	gre_yest
iratest	7	3	1248	2	ir_atest
neatest	7	25	1600	2	_neatest
pretest	9	5	1763	2	pre_test
realest	7	33	2243	2	_realest
retest	6	40	2845	2	_re_test

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	121059	0.373	479064.3
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	21	3.596	33664.9
3	Display Results	21	21	0.013	1615.4
	(SQL Overall)	178691	21	3.982	44874.7