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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “couthest” 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
couthest	13	3	1208	(None)
couthiest	14	3	940	1	couthiest
coattest	10	3	886	2	coattest
contest	9	35	2323	2	cont_est
couches	14	40	2047	2	couches_
couldest	11	4	835	2	couldest
couther	12	39	1463	2	couthe_r
couths	11	57	1541	2	couth_s_
cutest	8	58	2014	2	c_ut_est
goutiest	9	30	1388	2	goutiest
mouthiest	14	3	836	2	mouthiest
poutiest	10	30	1679	2	poutiest
roughest	12	3	877	2	roughest
soothest	11	33	1224	2	soothest
southeast	12	4	679	2	southeast
southwest	15	4	545	2	southwest
toughest	12	3	830	2	toughest

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	121059	0.140	1276364.3
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	17	3.766	32145.2
3	Display Results	17	17	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	17	3.906	45747.8