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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “serenest” 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
serenest	8	27	1762	(None)
serenes	7	32	2290	1	serenes_
evenest	10	3	1210	2	_evenest
greenest	9	3	1262	2	greenest
keenest	11	4	1096	2	ke_enest
renest	6	45	2971	2	__renest
secretest	11	4	703	2	secretest
serene	6	35	2235	2	serene__
serenely	11	4	761	2	serenely
serener	7	34	1575	2	serene_r
serest	6	48	3161	2	ser__est
serines	7	42	2954	2	serines_
severest	11	3	1032	2	severest
soreness	8	9	1479	2	soreness
sternest	8	3	1443	2	ster_nest
sureness	8	9	1290	2	sureness

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	121059	0.140	1276364.3
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	16	4.343	27874.5
3	Display Results	16	16	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	16	4.483	39859.7