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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “sickliness” 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
sickliness	16	4	500	(None)
fickleness	19	4	366	2	fickleness
ickiness	14	3	675	2	_ick_iness
pickiness	17	3	762	2	pick_iness
prickliness	19	4	390	2	prickliness
scaliness	11	4	930	2	s_caliness
sicklies	14	7	1001	2	sickli_e_s
sickliest	15	4	752	2	sickli_est
sicklinesses	18	4	486	2	sicklinesses
sickness	14	3	783	2	sick__ness
silkiness	13	3	725	2	silk_iness
silliness	9	5	1036	2	si_lliness
stickiness	16	3	590	2	stick_iness

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	108824	0.393	454684.5
2	DLD Change Limit	108824	13	3.063	35528.6
3	Display Results	13	13	0.013	1000.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	13	3.469	51510.8