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

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

17 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
ficklest	17	26	790	(None)
micklest	16	21	912	1	micklest
dickiest	15	34	1250	2	dickiest
feckless	17	22	578	2	feckless
fickle	15	39	1297	2	fickle__
fickler	16	34	842	2	fickle_r
ickiest	13	36	1104	2	_ickiest
kickiest	13	31	967	2	kickiest
mickles	15	34	1500	2	mickles_
nickles	13	37	1382	2	nickles_
pickiest	16	27	1259	2	pickiest
pickles	15	32	1544	2	pickles_
sickest	13	18	1379	2	sick_est
sickles	13	34	1754	2	sickles_
sickliest	15	4	752	2	sickliest
tickles	13	34	1685	2	tickles_
wickless	17	3	608	2	wickless

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	121059	0.373	479064.3
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	17	3.516	34430.9
3	Display Results	17	17	0.016	1062.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	17	3.905	45759.5