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

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

23 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
steeply	12	3	629	(None)
steely	9	36	1257	1	stee_ly
steeple	9	3	732	1	steeple
deeply	12	5	701	2	_deeply
seely	8	45	2263	2	s_ee_ly
seemly	11	3	843	2	s_eemly
seepy	10	47	1797	2	s_eep_y
sheerly	13	33	770	2	sheerly
sleekly	14	32	519	2	sleekly
sleepily	13	4	482	2	sleepily
sleepy	11	47	941	2	sleep_y
steel	5	57	2199	2	stee_l_
steels	6	41	1798	2	stee_ls
steep	7	60	2070	2	steep__
steeped	10	34	1228	2	steeped
steepen	9	34	865	2	steepen
steeper	9	38	1277	2	steeper
steepled	11	3	590	2	steepled
steeples	10	3	801	2	steeples
steeps	8	52	1519	2	steep_s
sternly	10	3	785	2	sternly
sweepy	14	44	745	2	sweep_y
sweetly	13	3	559	2	sweetly

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	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	23	3.283	32796.5
3	Display Results	23	23	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	23	3.673	48649.9