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

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

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
sternly	10	3	785	(None)
starkly	14	27	703	2	starkly
steely	9	36	1257	2	ste_ely
steeply	12	3	629	2	steeply
sterile	7	3	1660	2	sterile
stern	5	53	1912	2	stern__
sterna	6	37	1276	2	stern_a
sternal	7	34	1191	2	sternal
sterner	7	4	1191	2	sterner
sterns	6	46	1676	2	stern_s
sternum	9	4	773	2	sternum
sternway	14	4	315	2	sternway
sterol	6	6	1333	2	sterol_
sterols	7	3	1344	2	sterols
termly	11	3	843	2	_termly

Search took 4 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	107671	0.376	475242.0
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	15	3.280	32826.5
3	Display Results	15	15	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	15	3.656	48876.1