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

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

21 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
smirkiest	15	3	519	(None)
mirkiest	14	29	1025	1	_mirkiest
milkiest	14	29	1108	2	_milkiest
miriest	9	36	1982	2	_mir_iest
mirkest	13	30	972	2	_mirk_est
murkiest	14	32	1026	2	_murkiest
quirkiest	22	3	437	2	quirkiest
sarkiest	12	36	1507	2	s_arkiest
shirtiest	12	3	933	2	shirtiest
silkiest	12	32	1285	2	s_ilkiest
slinkiest	13	18	808	2	slinkiest
smarmiest	13	3	591	2	smarmiest
smirkier	14	4	443	2	smirkie_r
smokiest	14	3	788	2	sm_okiest
snarkiest	13	20	764	2	snarkiest
sparkiest	15	18	810	2	sparkiest
spikiest	14	25	954	2	spi_kiest
spiriest	10	25	1346	2	spir_iest
stickiest	15	22	960	2	stickiest
stinkiest	13	19	846	2	stinkiest
swirliest	12	3	629	2	swirliest

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	121436	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	121436	21	4.563	26613.2
3	Display Results	21	21	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	21	4.953	36077.3