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

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

20 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
smartens	10	28	666	(None)
martens	9	37	1495	1	_martens
smarten	9	34	886	1	smarten_
heartens	11	30	1015	2	heartens
marten	8	45	1826	2	_marten_
martins	9	33	2206	2	_martins
sarsens	7	3	1139	2	s_arsens
sharpens	13	37	781	2	sharpens
shortens	11	28	899	2	shortens
smartass	10	4	427	2	smartass
smarted	10	50	1261	2	smarte_d
smartened	12	4	426	2	smartened
smarter	9	41	1313	2	smarte_r
smartest	10	3	1018	2	smartest
smarties	10	3	1287	2	smarties
smarting	11	32	1245	2	smarting
smartness	11	3	614	2	smartness
smarts	8	62	1800	2	smart__s
smatters	10	40	1171	2	smatters
starters	8	37	1477	2	starters

Search took 9 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	0.750	238254.7
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	20	7.376	16412.6
3	Display Results	20	20	0.013	1538.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	20	8.139	21954.9