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

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

13 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
quirkiest	22	3	437	(None)
mirkiest	14	29	1025	2	_mirkiest
murkiest	14	32	1026	2	mu_rkiest
quackiest	24	3	518	2	quackiest
quakiest	21	3	858	2	qu_akiest
quickest	23	4	534	2	quick_est
quickies	23	3	677	2	quickies_
quippiest	22	4	398	2	quippiest
quirkier	21	3	416	2	quirkie_r
quirkiness	23	4	282	2	quirkiness
quirkish	24	4	299	2	quirki_sh
smirkiest	15	3	519	2	smirkiest
squirmiest	21	4	279	2	squirmiest

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	121436	0.406	440125.6
2	DLD Change Limit	121436	13	3.516	34538.1
3	Display Results	13	13	0.013	1000.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	13	3.935	45410.7