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

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

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
roughness	13	4	576	(None)
toughness	13	5	509	1	toughness
boughless	15	4	387	2	boughless
roughens	12	28	689	2	rough_ens
roughers	12	32	918	2	rough_ers
roughest	12	3	877	2	rough_est
roughhews	19	4	219	2	roughhews
roughies	12	9	832	2	roughie_s
roughlegs	14	4	258	2	roughlegs
roughneck	19	7	226	2	roughneck
roughnecks	20	9	190	2	roughnecks
roughnesses	15	10	513	2	roughnesses
roundness	10	4	701	2	roundness

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	121436	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	121436	13	3.593	33797.9
3	Display Results	13	13	0.016	812.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	13	3.999	44683.9