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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “sledgehammeringa” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]

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.

12 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
sledgehammering	25	9	73	1	sledgehammering_
sledgehammer	21	6	97	4	sledgehammer____
sledgehammered	24	8	72	4	sledgehammer__ed
sledgehammers	22	7	98	4	sledgehammer___s
rehammering	19	5	336	6	____rehammering_
hammering	17	3	763	7	______hammering_
jackhammering	34	6	90	7	__jackhammering_
shimmering	18	8	462	7	s_____himmering_
slaughtering	17	5	225	7	slaug_h__tering_
sloganeering	14	5	164	7	sl_og__aneering_
stammering	15	4	452	7	s_____tammering_
steamering	13	4	544	7	s___te_a_mering_

Search took 9 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	95024	0.106	1685764.2
2	DLD Change Limit	95024	12	8.690	10934.9
3	Display Results	12	12	0.013	923.1
	(SQL Overall)	178691	12	8.809	20285.0