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

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

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
friendlies	14	4	293	(None)
friendlier	14	4	182	1	friendlier
friendliest	15	5	226	1	friendliest
friendless	14	4	254	2	friendless
friendlily	17	5	129	2	friendlily
friendliness	16	5	195	2	friendliness
brindles	11	37	1022	3	bri_ndl_es
fireflies	15	4	535	3	fire_flies
frenzies	20	3	771	3	fr_en_zies
friended	13	3	503	3	friend__ed
friending	14	9	555	3	friend_ing
friendly	15	4	438	3	friendl__y
friends	11	39	674	3	friend___s
friendships	20	5	223	3	friendships
greenflies	14	4	358	3	greenflies
trendies	9	3	1221	3	tr_end_ies
trindles	9	32	1168	3	tri_ndl_es

Search took 10 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	140603	0.640	279204.7
2	DLD Change Limit	140603	17	9.250	15200.3
3	Display Results	17	17	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	17	9.890	18067.8