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

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

16 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
lovefests	15	4	194	(None)
lovefest	14	4	489	1	lovefest_
loveless	11	6	857	2	loveles_s
loveseats	12	5	321	2	loveseats
leverets	11	29	760	3	levere_ts
liefest	10	3	844	3	l_iefest_
liveness	11	24	1139	3	livenes_s
loneness	8	5	1209	3	lonenes_s
loveliest	12	4	697	3	loveliest_
loveseat	11	4	578	3	loveseat_
moveless	13	6	775	3	moveles_s
movements	16	4	751	3	movements
novelists	12	4	593	3	novelists
overeats	11	24	1526	3	_overeats
oversets	11	31	1417	3	_oversets
songfests	13	4	298	3	songfests

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	148641	0.153	1167915.0
2	DLD Change Limit	148641	16	6.953	21378.0
3	Display Results	16	16	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	16	7.106	25146.5