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

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

23 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
smeariest	11	3	812	(None)
bleariest	11	5	885	2	bleariest
dreariest	10	22	912	2	dreariest
leariest	8	31	1785	2	_leariest
mealiest	10	22	1597	2	_mealiest
meatiest	10	28	1679	2	_meatiest
merriest	10	3	1148	2	_merriest
scariest	10	16	1595	2	s_cariest
seamiest	10	27	1542	2	s_eamiest
searest	7	33	2202	2	s_ear_est
sleaziest	18	3	606	2	sleaziest
smarmiest	13	3	591	2	sm_armiest
smartest	10	3	1018	2	sm_artest
smearier	10	3	695	2	smearie_r
smelliest	11	3	660	2	smelliest
sneakiest	13	17	684	2	sneakiest
sneeriest	9	3	931	2	sneeriest
steadiest	10	3	852	2	steadiest
steamiest	11	3	841	2	steamiest
sugariest	10	3	814	2	sugariest
sweatiest	12	3	842	2	sweatiest
teariest	8	24	1726	2	_teariest
weariest	11	29	1479	2	_weariest

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	121436	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	121436	23	3.906	31089.6
3	Display Results	23	23	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	23	4.296	41594.7