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

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

16 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
evenest	10	3	1210	(None)
earnest	7	3	1873	2	earnest
evened	10	10	1031	2	evene_d
evener	9	10	1062	2	evene_r
eveners	10	10	950	2	eveners
evenness	11	3	554	2	evenness
evens	8	48	1710	2	even_s_
event	8	59	2444	2	even__t
events	9	48	1407	2	events_
evilest	10	3	1047	2	evilest
keenest	11	4	1096	2	keenest
openest	9	3	1291	2	openest
renest	6	45	2971	2	_renest
serenest	8	27	1762	2	serenest
severest	11	3	1032	2	severest
unevenest	12	4	747	2	unevenest

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	107671	0.360	496363.9
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	16	3.190	33752.7
3	Display Results	16	16	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	16	3.550	50335.5