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

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

17 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
greetings	11	27	604	(None)
greenings	11	26	666	1	greenings
greeting	10	31	1235	1	greeting_
breedings	13	37	576	2	breedings
crestings	12	29	804	2	crestings
gleeting	10	27	917	2	gleeting_
gratings	10	39	1076	2	gr_atings
greeing	9	36	1378	2	gree_ing_
greening	10	31	1253	2	greening_
greenlings	12	4	359	2	greenlings
greenwings	15	4	270	2	greenwings
gruelings	11	6	376	2	gruelings
meetings	11	28	741	2	_meetings
reedings	10	35	1036	2	_reedings
reelings	9	40	1256	2	_reelings
sheetings	13	25	671	2	sheetings
sweetings	13	32	618	2	sweetings

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	17	3.266	37181.9
3	Display Results	17	17	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	17	3.656	48876.1