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

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

15 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
sweetenings	15	15	234	(None)
sweetening	14	13	413	1	sweetening_
sweetings	13	32	618	2	sweet__ings
screenings	13	4	326	3	scre_enings
sheetings	13	25	671	3	sheet__ings
shortenings	15	4	268	3	shortenings
sleekening	15	4	307	3	sleekening_
steepening	13	4	404	3	steepening_
sweepings	15	34	563	3	sw_e_epings
sweeteners	13	4	316	3	sweeten_ers
sweetens	11	25	543	3	sweete__n_s
sweeting	12	39	1131	3	sweet__ing_
sweltering	14	4	523	3	sweltering_
sweptwings	19	4	119	3	swept_wings
whitenings	17	4	261	3	_whitenings

Search took 6 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	0.406	440125.6
2	DLD Change Limit	121633	15	4.983	24409.6
3	Display Results	15	15	0.016	937.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	15	5.405	33060.3