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

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

9 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
chewer	14	55	1261	(None)
chawer	14	43	1441	1	chawer
cheder	12	51	1349	1	cheder
cheer	10	54	2038	1	che_er
chewed	15	44	1501	1	chewed
chewers	15	41	1113	1	chewers
chewier	15	3	758	1	chewier
hewer	11	57	1993	1	_hewer
shewer	12	45	1510	1	shewer

Search took 5 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	48755	0.173	1032896.0
2	DLD Change Limit	48755	9	3.033	16074.8
3	Display Results	9	9	0.013	692.3
	(SQL Overall)	178691	9	3.219	55511.3