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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “challenging” 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
challenging	18	5	256	(None)
challengingly	23	6	92	2	challengingly
rechallenging	20	7	127	2	rechallenging
unchallenging	20	8	112	2	unchallenging
alleging	10	3	847	3	__alle_ging
challenge	15	4	362	3	challeng__e
challenged	17	4	252	3	challeng_ed
challenger	16	5	269	3	challeng_er
challengers	17	5	250	3	challengers
challenges	16	4	399	3	challeng_es
changing	15	32	1151	3	cha___nging
chastening	16	5	652	3	chasten_ing

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	0.423	422437.4
2	DLD Change Limit	121633	12	5.360	22692.7
3	Display Results	12	12	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	12	5.783	30899.4