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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “preemies” 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
preemies	12	5	1219	(None)
preemie	11	3	1056	1	preemie_
premies	11	38	2306	1	pr_emies
creepies	12	3	961	2	creepies
freebies	13	3	787	2	freebies
greenies	9	3	1267	2	greenies
gremmies	13	5	599	2	gremmies
peeries	9	36	2302	2	p_eeries
predries	11	27	1438	2	predries
preedits	11	6	876	2	preedits
preempts	14	4	454	2	preempts
premie	10	36	1799	2	pr_emie_
premier	11	35	1563	2	pr_emier
premiers	12	29	1165	2	pr_emiers
premise	11	38	1855	2	pr_emise
premises	12	30	1827	2	pr_emises
premiss	11	35	1381	2	pr_emiss
premixes	19	31	1008	2	pr_emixes
preppies	11	4	968	2	preppies
pretties	10	6	1513	2	pretties
prexies	16	34	1500	2	pr_exies
reemits	9	6	1130	2	_reemits

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	121059	0.406	440125.6
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	22	3.923	30858.8
3	Display Results	22	22	0.013	1692.3
	(SQL Overall)	178691	22	4.342	41154.1