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

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

18 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
fabbest	14	3	803	(None)
abbes	9	67	2352	2	_abbes_
abbess	10	50	977	2	_abbess
ablest	8	47	2183	2	_ablest
babiest	11	44	1475	2	babiest
drabbest	13	29	566	2	drabbest
fabber	13	48	1411	2	fabbe_r
fables	11	49	2167	2	fables_
fainest	10	4	1770	2	fainest
fairest	10	4	1229	2	fairest
falsest	10	3	1001	2	falsest
fastest	10	24	1372	2	fastest
fattest	10	29	1306	2	fattest
flabbiest	16	4	420	2	flabbiest
gabbiest	13	3	727	2	gabbiest
gabfest	13	3	645	2	gabfest
rabbet	10	38	1865	2	rabbe_t
rabbets	11	27	942	2	rabbets

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	0.126	1418182.5
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	18	3.686	29210.8
3	Display Results	18	18	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	18	3.812	46875.9