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

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

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
strengthens	15	5	254	(None)
strengthen	14	5	269	1	strengthen_
restrengthens	17	6	142	2	restrengthens
strengthened	17	6	195	2	strengthened
strengthener	16	6	178	2	strengthener
strengtheners	17	6	155	2	strengtheners
strengths	13	4	355	2	strength__s
lengthens	13	4	335	3	__lengthens
restrengthen	16	6	149	3	restrengthen_
straightens	15	6	369	3	straightens
strength	12	4	443	3	strength___
strengthening	18	6	200	3	strengthening

Search took 7 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	121633	0.393	454684.5
2	DLD Change Limit	121633	12	5.610	21681.5
3	Display Results	12	12	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	12	6.003	29766.9