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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “smartest” 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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24 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
smartest	10	3	1018	(None)
peartest	10	3	1130	2	peartest
saltest	7	19	1651	2	s_altest
scantest	10	17	1018	2	scantest
scarcest	12	16	917	2	scarcest
scariest	10	16	1594	2	scariest
searest	7	33	2202	2	sear_est
sharpest	13	3	914	2	sharpest
shortest	11	3	1078	2	shortest
smallest	10	3	940	2	smallest
smarmiest	13	3	590	2	smarmiest
smartass	10	4	427	2	smartass
smarted	10	50	1261	2	smarte_d
smarten	9	34	886	2	smarte_n
smartens	10	28	666	2	smartens
smarter	9	41	1313	2	smarte_r
smarties	10	3	1287	2	smarties_
smartness	11	3	614	2	smartness
smarts	8	62	1800	2	smart_s_
smeariest	11	3	811	2	smeariest
sparest	9	46	1642	2	spar_est
sparsest	10	4	881	2	sparsest
starkest	12	3	972	2	starkest
tartest	7	25	1753	2	_tartest

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	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	24	3.690	32807.3
3	Display Results	24	24	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	24	4.080	43796.8