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

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

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
endearing	11	3	932	(None)
anearing	9	4	1397	2	an_earing
endearingly	16	5	322	2	endearingly
endeavoring	16	5	228	2	endeavoring
enduring	10	3	1001	2	end_uring
ensnaring	10	4	638	2	ensnaring
entering	9	19	2005	2	ente_ring
gendering	12	24	975	2	gende_ring
nearing	8	30	2033	2	_n_earing
rendering	11	22	1318	2	rende_ring
tendering	11	22	1081	2	tende_ring
unbearing	12	3	935	2	unbearing
undaring	10	4	1275	2	und_aring
unendearing	13	4	304	2	unendearing
unfearing	13	3	888	2	unfearing

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	121436	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	121436	15	3.500	34696.0
3	Display Results	15	15	0.016	937.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	15	3.906	45747.8