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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “bemeans” 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
bemeans	11	4	874	(None)
bemean	10	4	1068	1	bemean_
bemoans	11	3	825	1	bemoans
demeans	10	3	972	1	demeans
beans	7	57	3469	2	b__eans
bedpans	12	3	717	2	bedpans
beheads	13	3	852	2	beheads
beleaps	11	3	805	2	beleaps
bemas	9	64	2428	2	bem_a_s
bemeaned	13	3	578	2	bemeaned
bemoan	10	3	1025	2	bemoan_
besmears	12	3	454	2	besmears
demean	9	5	1056	2	demean_
lemans	8	53	1639	2	lem_ans
means	7	58	3123	2	__means
remans	8	48	2300	2	rem_ans
semens	8	46	1697	2	seme_ns

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	0.373	479064.3
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	17	3.033	35499.8
3	Display Results	17	17	0.013	1307.7
	(SQL Overall)	178691	17	3.419	52264.1