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

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

25 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
fateful	13	9	751	(None)
hateful	13	10	768	1	hateful
baleful	12	3	800	2	baleful
baneful	12	3	789	2	baneful
cageful	13	5	648	2	cageful
careful	12	4	911	2	careful
dareful	11	5	705	2	dareful
easeful	10	3	729	2	easeful
factful	15	3	637	2	factful
faithful	17	4	338	2	faithful
fatefully	18	4	475	2	fatefully
fitful	12	5	633	2	fit_ful
fretful	13	4	614	2	fretful
grateful	12	4	540	2	grateful
hasteful	14	10	525	2	hasteful
hatful	12	10	874	2	hat_ful
hatsful	13	10	619	2	hatsful
pageful	13	4	635	2	pageful
plateful	13	4	543	2	plateful
tasteful	11	11	522	2	tasteful
vatful	12	10	708	2	vat_ful
waeful	12	3	812	2	wa_eful
wakeful	17	3	561	2	wakeful
wameful	15	3	567	2	wameful
wasteful	14	10	493	2	wasteful

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	107671	0.376	475242.0
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	25	3.140	34290.1
3	Display Results	25	25	0.016	1562.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	25	3.532	50592.0