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

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

16 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
preemie	11	3	1056	(None)
preemies	12	5	1219	1	preemies
premie	10	36	1799	1	pr_emie
creepie	11	3	748	2	creepie
freebie	12	3	604	2	freebie
greenie	8	3	1012	2	greenie
gremmie	12	6	438	2	gremmie
peerie	8	36	1789	2	p_eerie
preedit	10	5	1246	2	preedit
preempt	13	3	772	2	preempt
premier	11	35	1563	2	pr_emier
premies	11	38	2306	2	pr_emies
premise	11	38	1855	2	pr_emise
premix	17	37	1033	2	pr_emix
preppie	10	5	809	2	preppie
reemit	8	7	1722	2	_reemit

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	0.376	475242.0
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	16	3.046	35348.3
3	Display Results	16	16	0.016	1000.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	16	3.438	51975.3