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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “fireweed” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

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72 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
fireweed	15	4	535	(None)
fireweeds	16	4	402	1	fireweeds
firewood	15	4	630	2	firewood
agueweed	13	4	217	3	agueweed
airspeed	11	4	360	3	airspeed
bindweed	15	4	379	3	bindweed
birdfeed	15	4	244	3	birdfeed
birdseed	12	4	325	3	birdseed
blueweed	14	4	404	3	blueweed
brewed	12	54	1187	3	_brew_ed
burweed	13	4	782	3	bur_weed
crewed	12	53	1656	3	_crew_ed
daneweed	13	4	405	3	daneweed
deerweed	13	4	418	3	deerweed
directed	12	3	823	3	directed
dyeweed	15	4	320	3	_dyeweed
farewell	14	4	331	3	farewell
farewelled	17	4	237	3	farewelled
feverweed	19	4	240	3	feverweed
fibered	13	3	764	3	fibe_red
fielded	12	20	681	3	fi_elded
fileted	11	5	909	3	file_ted
finessed	12	13	679	3	finessed
firearmed	15	4	404	3	firearmed
firebird	14	4	463	3	firebird
fired	9	48	2974	3	fir___ed
fireless	11	28	1059	3	fireless
firemen	12	3	877	3	fire_men
fireside	12	4	700	3	fireside
firewall	14	12	593	3	firewall
firewater	15	4	521	3	firewater
firewoods	16	4	596	3	firewoods
firework	18	4	741	3	firework
fireworm	16	4	669	3	fireworm
firmed	12	54	1188	3	fir__med
forefeel	14	10	551	3	forefeel
forefeet	14	12	939	3	forefeet
forefend	15	4	560	3	forefend
forehead	15	3	789	3	forehead
foresee	10	4	1433	3	foresee_
foreseen	11	3	910	3	foreseen
foreseer	11	3	901	3	foreseer
foresees	11	3	1164	3	foresees
forested	12	3	1246	3	forested
forewent	14	3	942	3	forewent
foreword	15	11	896	3	foreword
freaked	15	39	970	3	f_reaked
freed	9	52	2354	3	f_r__eed
freshed	14	33	1259	3	f_reshed
fretted	11	34	1185	3	f_retted
friended	13	3	503	3	friended
frowned	14	34	883	3	f_rowned
horseweed	16	9	466	3	horseweed
ironweed	12	4	405	3	_ironweed
milkweed	18	4	335	3	milkweed
pigweed	14	6	509	3	pi_gweed
pinweed	13	4	693	3	pi_nweed
pokeweed	18	4	294	3	pokeweed
refeed	10	47	1762	3	__refeed
reseed	7	48	2329	3	__reseed
rewed	9	54	2545	3	__rew_ed
reweld	10	37	1111	3	__reweld
richweed	17	16	358	3	richweed
riverweed	16	4	305	3	riverweed
screwed	13	57	1066	3	screw_ed
shrewed	14	58	985	3	shrew_ed
silkweed	16	4	322	3	silkweed
sinewed	11	3	705	3	sinew_ed
strewed	11	58	1134	3	strew_ed
tarweed	11	3	734	3	tar_weed
viewed	13	4	599	3	vi_ew_ed
weeweed	14	3	518	3	_weeweed

Search took 9 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	146162	0.440	406115.9
2	DLD Change Limit	146162	72	7.610	19206.6
3	Display Results	72	72	0.013	5538.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	72	8.063	22161.9