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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “overengineering” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

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.

15 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
overengineering	20	7	154	(None)
overengineer	16	6	296	3	overengineer___
overengineered	19	10	168	3	overengineer_ed
overengineers	17	6	186	3	overengineer__s
reengineering	15	9	196	3	_re_engineering
bioengineering	18	7	121	4	_bioengineering
engineering	13	5	316	4	____engineering
nonengineering	16	7	142	4	_nonengineering
overwintering	20	5	305	4	over__wintering
bioengineerings	19	7	108	5	_bioengineerings
engineerings	14	5	185	5	____engineerings
overlengthening	23	7	139	5	overleng_thening
oversteering	16	4	531	5	over___steering
preregistering	18	6	178	5	prere_gistering
reregistering	15	9	256	5	_rere_gistering

Search took 5 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	65874	0.313	570897.8
2	DLD Change Limit	65874	15	4.046	16281.3
3	Display Results	15	15	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	15	4.359	40993.6