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

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

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.

15 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
backwardnesses	26	6	130	(None)
awkwardnesses	24	5	182	2	_awkwardnesses
backwardness	24	8	183	2	backwardne_s_s
waywardnesses	23	5	176	3	wa_ywardnesses
awarenesses	14	4	725	4	_a__warenesses
awkwardness	22	5	169	4	_awkwardne_s_s
downwardnesses	22	9	160	4	downwardnesses
forwardnesses	20	12	326	4	_forwardnesses
frowardnesses	20	11	289	4	_frowardnesses
haggardnesses	19	5	225	4	ha_ggardnesses
inwardnesses	16	5	467	4	__inwardnesses
laggardnesses	16	5	239	4	la_ggardnesses
outwardnesses	17	5	261	4	_outwardnesses
untowardnesses	18	6	233	4	untowardnesses
upwardnesses	18	4	309	4	__upwardnesses

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	65874	0.313	570897.8
2	DLD Change Limit	65874	15	3.250	20268.9
3	Display Results	15	15	0.016	937.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	15	3.579	49927.6