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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “topdressing” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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.

18 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
topdressing	15	5	266	(None)
topdressings	16	5	144	1	topdressings
oppressing	15	4	597	2	_oppressing
addressing	13	4	313	3	_addressing
compressing	18	4	643	3	compressing
congressing	15	4	560	3	congressing
depressing	14	4	809	3	dep_ressing
dressing	10	28	1042	3	___dressing
expressing	20	4	662	3	exp_ressing
fortressing	15	4	396	3	fortressing
hotpressing	17	5	370	3	hotpressing
impressing	15	4	754	3	imp_ressing
outdressing	13	10	478	3	outdressing
pressing	11	25	1644	3	__p_ressing
redressing	12	4	782	3	_redressing
repressing	13	3	1039	3	rep_ressing
suppressing	16	4	497	3	suppressing
undressing	12	4	653	3	_undressing

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	121633	0.403	443402.0
2	DLD Change Limit	121633	18	4.440	27394.8
3	Display Results	18	18	0.016	1125.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	18	4.859	36775.3