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

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

17 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
toothiest	12	3	752	(None)
couthiest	14	3	940	2	couthiest
footiest	11	35	1491	2	foot_iest
frothiest	15	3	745	2	frothiest
hootiest	11	31	1564	2	hoot_iest
mothiest	13	3	1103	2	_mothiest
mouthiest	14	3	836	2	mouthiest
rootiest	8	31	1559	2	root_iest
soothest	11	33	1224	2	sooth_est
sootiest	8	40	1675	2	soot_iest
toothier	11	3	642	2	toothie_r
toothless	12	4	468	2	toothless
tootsies	8	4	861	2	tootsies_
torchiest	14	3	803	2	torchiest
touchiest	14	3	708	2	touchiest
worthiest	15	3	832	2	worthiest
zootiest	17	33	1121	2	zoot_iest

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	121436	0.140	1276364.3
2	DLD Change Limit	121436	17	3.796	31990.5
3	Display Results	17	17	0.016	1062.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	17	3.952	45215.3