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

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

25 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
steeple	9	3	732	(None)
steepled	11	3	590	1	steepled
steeples	10	3	801	1	steeples
steeply	12	3	629	1	steeply
semple	10	32	1275	2	s_emple
staple	8	44	1582	2	st_aple
steel	5	57	2199	2	stee_l_
steeled	8	35	1322	2	stee_led
steelie	7	3	1021	2	steelie
steels	6	41	1798	2	stee_ls
steely	9	36	1257	2	stee_ly
steep	7	60	2070	2	steep__
steeped	10	34	1228	2	steeped
steepen	9	34	865	2	steepen
steeper	9	38	1277	2	steeper
steeps	8	52	1519	2	steep_s
steeve	9	37	1090	2	stee_ve
stele	5	50	2684	2	st_e_le
steppe	10	31	987	2	st_eppe
sterile	7	3	1660	2	sterile
stipple	11	4	662	2	stipple
stopple	11	5	658	2	stopple
teepee	8	3	1436	2	_teepee
temple	10	28	1133	2	_temple
wheeple	15	3	485	2	wheeple

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	0.373	479064.3
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	25	3.236	33272.9
3	Display Results	25	25	0.013	1923.1
	(SQL Overall)	178691	25	3.622	49334.9