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

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

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72 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
greases	8	48	1671	(None)
creases	9	40	2096	1	creases
grease	7	54	1623	1	grease_
greased	9	38	1239	1	greased
greaser	8	39	1308	1	greaser
greasers	9	34	1025	1	greasers
greaves	11	33	1144	1	greaves
ureases	7	44	1672	1	ureases
arrases	7	12	1454	2	arrases
boreases	10	3	1025	2	boreases
breasts	9	3	970	2	breasts
ceases	8	44	2707	2	_ceases
crases	8	55	3231	2	cr_ases
crease	8	55	1957	2	crease_
creased	10	43	1558	2	creased
creaser	9	44	1572	2	creaser
creasers	10	36	1282	2	creasers
creates	9	52	2519	2	creates
creeses	9	39	1462	2	creeses
cresses	9	42	1981	2	cresses
degreases	11	4	615	2	degreases
dresses	8	37	1617	2	dresses
eases	5	60	4161	2	__eases
egresses	9	4	944	2	egresses
erases	6	44	2540	2	er_ases
feases	9	54	2292	2	_feases
gases	6	56	3399	2	g__ases
graces	9	45	2349	2	gr_aces
grades	8	49	2631	2	gr_ades
grapes	9	51	2312	2	gr_apes
grasps	9	48	925	2	gr_asps
grass	6	61	2520	2	gr_as_s
grasses	8	41	1734	2	grasses
grates	7	54	2989	2	gr_ates
graves	10	46	2400	2	gr_aves
grazes	16	45	1964	2	gr_azes
greasier	9	29	808	2	greasier
greasiest	10	20	856	2	greasiest
greasy	10	41	946	2	greas_y
greaten	8	36	1064	2	greaten
greatens	9	30	759	2	greatens
greater	8	44	1649	2	greater
greatest	9	3	986	2	greatest
greats	7	63	1839	2	grea_ts
greave	10	46	1149	2	greave_
greaved	12	40	891	2	greaved
grebes	9	38	1361	2	gre_bes
grees	6	51	3247	2	gre__es
greiges	9	3	773	2	greiges
greisen	8	5	650	2	greisen
greisens	9	5	465	2	greisens
grenades	10	3	843	2	grenades
grilses	8	31	915	2	grilses
grosses	8	45	1768	2	grosses
grouses	8	46	1654	2	grouses
guesses	8	16	937	2	guesses
gyrases	11	36	831	2	gyrases
leases	6	54	2811	2	_leases
ogresses	9	3	847	2	ogresses
peases	8	52	2947	2	_peases
pleases	9	45	1548	2	pleases
prases	8	44	2902	2	pr_ases
presses	9	35	2315	2	presses
rases	5	54	4721	2	_r_ases
reales	6	49	3412	2	_reales
reaves	9	41	2757	2	_reaves
reuses	6	60	2552	2	_reuses
teases	6	54	2627	2	_teases
tresses	7	37	1954	2	tresses
uneases	7	33	1626	2	uneases
urases	6	37	2356	2	ur_ases
urease	6	45	1699	2	urease_

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	107671	0.140	1276364.3
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	72	6.580	16363.4
3	Display Results	72	72	0.063	1142.9
	(SQL Overall)	178691	72	6.783	26343.9