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

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

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80 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
sweltering	14	4	523	(None)
sheltering	14	4	649	1	sheltering
skeltering	15	4	500	1	skeltering
weltering	13	21	949	1	_weltering
peltering	12	20	1167	2	_peltering
sceptering	15	4	579	2	sceptering
sweetening	14	13	413	2	sweetening
swelteringly	19	5	173	2	swelteringly
westering	13	21	1264	2	_westering
altering	9	19	1712	3	__altering
bettering	12	22	1276	3	_bettering
centering	12	29	1514	3	_centering
dewatering	15	4	577	3	dewatering
entering	9	19	2005	3	__entering
faltering	13	22	1112	3	_faltering
festering	13	24	1317	3	_festering
fettering	13	23	1051	3	_fettering
filtering	13	19	972	3	_filtering
gettering	11	23	1003	3	_gettering
haltering	13	22	1201	3	_haltering
lettering	10	21	1207	3	_lettering
metering	11	29	1563	3	_me_tering
neutering	10	3	896	3	_neutering
paltering	12	26	1290	3	_paltering
pestering	12	23	1566	3	_pestering
petering	11	25	1681	3	_pe_tering
philtering	16	4	625	3	philtering
prealtering	14	4	617	3	prealtering
realtering	11	3	947	3	realtering
reentering	11	4	999	3	reentering
sauntering	11	3	722	3	sauntering
scattering	13	9	801	3	scattering
sceptring	14	4	427	3	scept_ring
scuttering	13	8	663	3	scuttering
sectoring	12	3	958	3	s_ectoring
severing	12	20	1385	3	s_e_vering
sewering	12	24	1109	3	s_e_wering
shattering	14	9	828	3	shattering
sheering	12	37	1510	3	she__ering
shuttering	14	9	656	3	shuttering
silvering	13	3	792	3	s_ilvering
sintering	10	10	1480	3	s_intering
sistering	10	12	1375	3	s_istering
skewering	17	4	463	3	ske_wering
skittering	15	3	539	3	skittering
smattering	13	9	758	3	smattering
smelteries	12	4	617	3	smelteries
smelting	11	33	971	3	smelt__ing
smoldering	14	7	410	3	smoldering
sneering	9	34	1450	3	sne__ering
soldering	11	6	903	3	s_oldering
spattering	13	10	779	3	spattering
speering	11	31	1632	3	spe__ering
sputtering	13	10	646	3	sputtering
steamering	13	4	544	3	steamering
steering	9	39	1679	3	ste__ering
stuttering	11	9	635	3	stuttering
swaggering	16	23	362	3	swaggering
swearing	12	37	1144	3	swe__aring
sweating	12	32	1302	3	sweat__ing
sweeping	14	38	914	3	swe__eping
sweetenings	15	15	234	3	sweetenings
sweeting	12	39	1131	3	swe__eting
swelling	12	32	1275	3	swel__ling
swelter	10	37	1117	3	swelter___
sweltered	13	4	445	3	swelter_ed
swelters	11	31	1019	3	swelter__s
sweltrier	12	4	299	3	swelt_rier
sweptwing	18	4	169	3	swept_wing
swithering	17	10	521	3	swithering
teetering	10	23	989	3	_teetering
telfering	13	3	625	3	_telfering
tentering	10	23	1321	3	_tentering
twittering	14	4	458	3	twittering
waitering	13	3	1072	3	_waitering
watering	12	23	1632	3	_w_atering
weathering	17	9	835	3	_weathering
welting	11	36	1531	3	_welt__ing
wildering	14	5	674	3	_wildering
wintering	13	4	1236	3	_wintering

Search took 7 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	140603	0.453	394461.4
2	DLD Change Limit	140603	80	5.550	25333.9
3	Display Results	80	80	0.046	1739.1
	(SQL Overall)	178691	80	6.049	29540.6