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

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

22 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
steamiest	11	3	840	(None)
seamiest	10	27	1541	1	s_eamiest
steadiest	10	3	851	1	steadiest
stemmiest	13	3	514	1	stemmiest
streamiest	12	4	511	1	streamiest
beamiest	12	32	1276	2	_beamiest
creamiest	13	24	893	2	creamiest
dreamiest	12	22	722	2	dreamiest
gleamiest	12	3	530	2	gleamiest
sleaziest	18	3	605	2	sleaziest
smeariest	11	3	811	2	smeariest
sneakiest	13	17	683	2	sneakiest
stagiest	9	16	1340	2	st_agiest
steadies	9	3	1112	2	steadies_
steamier	10	4	830	2	steamie_r
steaminess	12	3	677	2	steaminess
steeliest	9	3	964	2	steeliest
stormiest	11	3	700	2	stormiest
strawiest	12	3	721	2	strawiest
streakiest	14	4	476	2	streakiest
sweatiest	12	3	841	2	sweatiest
teariest	8	24	1726	2	_teariest

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	0.393	454684.5
2	DLD Change Limit	121436	22	3.250	37364.9
3	Display Results	22	22	0.016	1375.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	22	3.659	48836.0