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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “sledgehammering” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]

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.

12 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
sledgehammering	25	9	73	(None)
sledgehammer	21	6	97	3	sledgehammer___
sledgehammered	24	8	72	3	sledgehammer_ed
sledgehammers	22	7	98	3	sledgehammer__s
rehammering	19	5	336	5	____rehammering
hammering	17	3	763	6	______hammering
jackhammering	34	6	90	6	__jackhammering
shimmering	18	8	462	6	s_____himmering
slaughtering	17	5	225	6	slaug_h__tering
sloganeering	14	5	164	6	sl_og__aneering
stammering	15	4	452	6	s_____tammering
steamering	13	4	544	6	s___te_a_mering

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	95024	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	95024	12	7.156	13278.9
3	Display Results	12	12	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	12	7.546	23680.2