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

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

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
dreariness	11	4	628	(None)
dreaminess	13	4	531	1	dreaminess
bleariness	12	4	605	2	bleariness
creakiness	16	4	596	2	creakiness
creaminess	14	4	620	2	creaminess
dearness	9	3	997	2	d_ear_ness
drearies	9	23	1341	2	dreari_e_s
dreariest	10	22	912	2	dreari_est
drearinesses	13	4	744	2	drearinesses
dressiness	11	4	554	2	dressiness
freakiness	17	4	518	2	freakiness
greasiness	11	5	654	2	greasiness
readiness	10	26	1185	2	_readiness
teariness	9	3	1063	2	_teariness
weariness	12	3	884	2	_weariness

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	108824	0.373	479064.3
2	DLD Change Limit	108824	15	3.140	34657.3
3	Display Results	15	15	0.016	937.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	15	3.529	50635.0