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

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

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
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21 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
nerdiness	10	20	833	(None)
neediness	10	22	773	1	neediness
nerviness	12	22	687	1	nerviness
beadiness	12	24	923	2	beadiness
eeriness	8	3	1187	2	eer_iness
germiness	12	5	769	2	germiness
hardiness	13	23	1035	2	hardiness
headiness	13	25	1036	2	headiness
jerkiness	20	17	564	2	jerkiness
merriness	11	3	829	2	merriness
nerdiest	9	25	1116	2	nerdi_est
nerdinesses	12	4	905	2	nerdinesses
nervines	11	23	1046	2	nervine_s
newsiness	12	3	603	2	newsiness
perkiness	15	20	916	2	perkiness
readiness	10	26	1185	2	readiness
reediness	10	23	961	2	reediness
seediness	10	21	917	2	seediness
tardiness	10	22	991	2	tardiness
weediness	13	24	704	2	weediness
wordiness	13	13	863	2	wordiness

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	121436	0.140	1276364.3
2	DLD Change Limit	121436	21	3.690	32909.5
3	Display Results	21	21	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	21	3.830	46655.6