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

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

18 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
mirthfulness	20	5	374	(None)
mirthfulnesses	22	5	364	2	mirthfulnesses
artfulness	13	4	640	3	_art_fulness
faithfulness	21	5	422	3	faithfulness
fitfulness	16	4	573	3	fi_t_fulness
hurtfulness	17	5	501	3	hurt_fulness
mercifulness	19	6	441	3	mercifulness
mindfulness	17	5	406	3	mi_ndfulness
mirthless	14	4	335	3	mirth__l_ess
pitifulness	16	6	548	3	pi_tifulness
rightfulness	19	9	489	3	rightfulness
ruthfulness	17	5	498	3	_ruthfulness
slothfulness	18	5	350	3	slothfulness
truthfulness	18	6	441	3	truthfulness
wishfulness	20	5	434	3	wi_shfulness
wistfulness	17	4	527	3	wist_fulness
wrathfulness	21	5	451	3	wrathfulness
youthfulness	21	5	364	3	youthfulness

Search took 5 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	95024	0.360	496363.9
2	DLD Change Limit	95024	18	3.923	24222.3
3	Display Results	18	18	0.013	1384.6
	(SQL Overall)	178691	18	4.296	41594.7