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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “strongest” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

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71 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
strongest	10	33	829	(None)
strangest	10	32	1084	1	strangest
stoniest	8	4	1354	2	st_oniest
stranges	9	45	1676	2	stranges_
stringent	10	4	909	2	stringent
stringiest	11	19	759	2	stringiest
stronger	9	34	969	2	stronge_r
strongish	13	4	492	2	strongish
wrongest	12	3	673	2	_wrongest
astringent	11	4	590	3	astringent
astringes	10	3	833	3	astringes_
congest	10	46	1877	3	__congest
decongest	13	4	563	3	decongest
estranges	10	35	998	3	estranges_
estrones	8	3	1332	3	estron_es_
longest	8	41	1495	3	__longest
sarongs	8	45	1180	3	sarong_s_
scroggiest	14	4	332	3	scroggiest
scrooges	11	3	716	3	scrooges_
scrouges	11	3	668	3	scrouges_
scrounges	12	4	392	3	scrounges_
scroungiest	14	4	244	3	scroungiest
serenest	8	27	1762	3	seren_est
songfest	12	3	684	3	s__ongfest
soonest	7	4	1559	3	s_oon_est
sponges	10	3	1104	3	s_ponges_
spongiest	12	3	708	3	s_pongiest
spooniest	11	17	813	3	spooniest
springes	11	40	1403	3	springes_
springiest	13	15	667	3	springiest
sternest	8	3	1443	3	stern_est
stingiest	10	20	977	3	st_ingiest
stodges	9	30	908	3	st_odges_
stodgiest	11	3	565	3	st_odgiest
stones	6	51	3003	3	st_on_es_
stooges	8	36	1148	3	st_ooges_
storages	9	3	1110	3	storages_
stormiest	11	3	700	3	stormiest
stoutest	8	3	761	3	st_outest
straitest	9	4	917	3	straitest
strange	8	54	1634	3	strange__
strangely	13	4	541	3	strangely
stranger	9	47	1510	3	strange_r
strangers	10	41	1216	3	strangers
strangles	10	30	1155	3	strangles_
strawiest	12	3	721	3	strawiest
strictest	11	4	729	3	strictest
stringed	10	29	1187	3	stringe_d
stringer	9	38	1294	3	stringe_r
stringers	10	42	1064	3	stringers
stringless	11	4	535	3	stringless
strings	8	46	1713	3	string_s_
stripiest	11	3	801	3	stripiest
strobes	9	38	1326	3	stro_bes_
strokes	11	43	1632	3	stro_kes_
strong	7	49	1488	3	strong___
strongbox	19	5	166	3	strongbox
strongly	12	4	595	3	strong_ly
strongman	12	4	374	3	strongman
strongmen	12	4	432	3	strongmen
strongyl	12	4	355	3	strong_yl
strongyle	13	4	311	3	strongyle
strongyles	14	4	323	3	strongyles_
strongyls	13	4	315	3	strongyls
strophes	13	3	1060	3	strophes_
stroppiest	14	4	456	3	stroppiest
swooniest	12	17	629	3	swooniest
syringes	12	28	1021	3	syringes_
toniest	7	32	1890	3	_t_oniest
triggest	10	3	692	3	_triggest
trones	6	56	2928	3	_tron_es_

Search took 8 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	148641	0.423	422437.4
2	DLD Change Limit	148641	71	6.750	22020.9
3	Display Results	71	71	0.030	2366.7
	(SQL Overall)	178691	71	7.203	24807.9