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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “grossest” 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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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
grossest	9	38	1009	(None)
crossest	10	120	1212	1	crossest
grosses	8	45	1768	1	grosses_
crassest	10	34	1152	2	crassest
crosses	9	42	2079	2	crosses_
drosses	8	45	1382	2	drosses_
drossiest	10	3	652	2	drossiest
glosses	8	40	1412	2	glosses_
glossiest	10	27	794	2	glossiest
goosiest	9	29	1182	2	goosiest
gorsiest	9	25	1113	2	gorsiest
grasses	8	41	1734	2	grasses_
grassiest	10	30	951	2	grassiest
grodiest	10	3	1055	2	grodiest
grossed	9	38	1225	2	grosse_d
grosser	8	43	1314	2	grosse_r
grossers	9	44	1097	2	grossers
grossness	10	4	596	2	grossness
grouses	8	46	1654	2	grouses_
prosiest	10	4	1652	2	prosiest
prosses	9	40	1951	2	prosses_
rosiest	7	39	1921	2	_rosiest

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	0.376	475242.0
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	22	3.546	34139.6
3	Display Results	22	22	0.013	1692.3
	(SQL Overall)	178691	22	3.935	45410.7