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

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

24 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
sesames	9	3	1074	(None)
sesame	8	3	1101	1	sesame_
benames	11	28	1460	2	benames
beshames	15	3	720	2	beshames
defames	13	28	1225	2	defames
degames	11	33	1262	2	degames
mesdames	13	4	604	2	mesdames
pesades	10	3	1090	2	pesades
renames	9	24	1805	2	renames
resales	7	47	2490	2	resales
resumes	9	3	1337	2	resumes
seamed	9	48	2388	2	se_amed
seamen	8	45	1856	2	se_amen
seamer	8	42	2361	2	se_amer
seamers	9	47	1943	2	se_amers
seams	7	57	3166	2	se_am_s
sedates	8	34	1804	2	sedates
sememes	11	10	920	2	sememes
semes	7	57	3158	2	se__mes
senates	7	33	2261	2	senates
sensates	8	5	1114	2	sensates
serapes	9	52	1810	2	serapes
sewages	11	3	975	2	sewages
shames	11	47	2622	2	s_hames

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	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	24	3.453	31181.9
3	Display Results	24	24	0.016	1500.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	24	3.859	46305.0