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

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

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85 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
severely	14	4	530	(None)
reversely	15	4	459	2	reversely
securely	13	4	507	2	securely
serenely	11	4	762	2	serenely
several	10	3	953	2	several_
severally	15	4	624	2	severally
severals	11	3	759	2	severals
severalty	15	4	407	2	severalty
severe	9	40	1608	2	severe__
severed	11	35	1386	2	severe_d
severer	10	35	1156	2	severe_r
severest	11	3	1032	2	severest
severity	14	4	697	2	severity
adversely	16	4	284	3	adversely
aversely	14	4	485	3	_aversely
cleverly	16	4	346	3	clever_ly
covertly	16	5	576	3	covertly
deerfly	14	4	398	3	de_erfly
demurely	14	4	393	3	demurely
diversely	16	4	396	3	diversely
eerily	9	29	1356	3	_e_erily
evenly	12	3	699	3	_eve_nly
every	11	52	1545	3	_ever__y
fevered	14	33	972	3	fevere_d
haverel	13	39	715	3	haverel_
haverels	14	32	575	3	haverels
hoverfly	20	4	300	3	hoverfly
inversely	15	4	498	3	inversely
leerily	10	3	763	3	le_erily
levelly	13	3	585	3	leve_lly
levered	11	42	1230	3	levere_d
leveret	10	30	1400	3	levere_t
leverets	11	29	760	3	leverets
loverly	13	4	697	3	lover_ly
meagrely	14	4	301	3	meagrely
merely	11	13	1259	3	__merely
obversely	17	4	282	3	obversely
overfly	16	24	688	3	_overfly
overly	12	24	1136	3	_over_ly
overply	15	22	765	3	_overply
overtly	13	26	898	3	_overtly
perversely	18	5	209	3	perversely
revere	9	46	2125	3	revere__
revered	11	28	1933	3	revere_d
reverend	12	28	885	3	reverend
reverent	11	26	1509	3	reverent
reverently	16	4	561	3	reverently
reverer	10	38	1583	3	revere_r
reverers	11	31	1315	3	reverers
reveres	10	36	2134	3	revere_s
reverify	17	4	481	3	reverify
revery	12	40	1421	3	rever__y
savagely	15	4	334	3	savagely
savorily	14	4	504	3	savorily
secrecy	14	4	474	3	se_crecy
secretly	13	4	518	3	secretly
sedately	12	4	522	3	sedately
seedily	11	7	858	3	se_edily
seely	8	45	2263	3	s__e_ely
seemly	11	3	843	3	se_e_mly
seeress	7	3	1157	3	se_eress
selectly	13	4	656	3	selectly
senilely	11	4	611	3	senilely
servilely	15	4	380	3	servilely
seventhly	18	4	309	3	seventhly
seventy	13	3	803	3	seve_nty
sever	8	54	2605	3	sever___
severable	14	3	854	3	severable
severing	12	20	1385	3	severing
severs	9	41	2112	3	sever__s
sewered	11	29	1124	3	sewere_d
sheerly	13	33	770	3	sheer_ly
silverly	14	28	431	3	silver_ly
sincerely	14	4	348	3	sincerely
soberly	12	3	694	3	sober_ly
sombrely	15	4	370	3	sombrely
sorely	9	46	1801	3	s__orely
sparely	12	34	1067	3	s_parely
squarely	20	4	535	3	squarely
steely	9	36	1257	3	s_te_ely
sternly	10	3	785	3	s_ternly
superbly	15	4	698	3	superbly
surely	9	38	1646	3	s__urely
sveltely	14	4	284	3	sveltely
verily	12	26	1605	3	__verily

Search took 8 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	0.423	422437.4
2	DLD Change Limit	146162	85	7.453	19611.2
3	Display Results	85	85	0.030	2833.3
	(SQL Overall)	178691	85	7.906	22601.9