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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “squirm” 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
squirm	17	38	767	(None)
squire	15	59	1246	1	squire
squirms	18	37	634	1	squirms
squirmy	21	37	429	1	squirmy
squirt	15	38	1293	1	squirt
esquire	16	37	660	2	esquire
quire	14	49	1713	2	_quire
quirk	18	40	1100	2	_quirk
quirt	14	46	2423	2	_quirt
square	15	45	1336	2	square
squark	19	43	811	2	squark
squib	16	37	1050	2	squi_b
squibs	17	31	745	2	squibs
squid	15	42	1190	2	squi_d
squids	16	40	980	2	squids
squill	15	3	723	2	squill
squint	15	42	1479	2	squint
squired	17	37	1006	2	squired
squires	16	38	1284	2	squires
squirmed	20	3	417	2	squirmed
squirmer	19	3	437	2	squirmer
squirts	16	34	801	2	squirts
squish	18	3	857	2	squish

Search took 3 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	82551	0.343	520965.0
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	23	2.140	38575.2
3	Display Results	23	23	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	23	2.483	71965.8