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

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

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.

13 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
handsomeness	18	5	305	1	handsomeness
handsomest	16	5	426	2	handsom__est
handsomenesses	20	6	270	3	handsomenesses
awesomeness	16	5	340	4	_awesomeness
gamesomeness	17	5	320	4	gamesomeness
gladsomeness	16	5	264	4	gladsomeness
handsome	14	4	760	4	handsom__e__
handsomely	19	5	263	4	handsom__ely
handsomer	15	4	545	4	handsom__e_r
lonesomeness	14	5	411	4	lonesomeness
longsomeness	15	5	315	4	longsomeness
randomness	13	4	398	4	rand_om_ness
winsomeness	16	5	365	4	win_someness

Search took 8 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	124790	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	124790	13	7.266	17174.5
3	Display Results	13	13	0.016	812.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	13	7.672	23291.3