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

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

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.

19 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
smartness	11	3	614	(None)
swartness	12	3	611	1	swartness
apartness	11	4	605	2	apartness
peartness	11	3	777	2	peartness
saltness	8	26	1024	2	s_altness
scantness	11	3	573	2	scantness
scariness	11	3	1018	2	scariness
sharpness	14	3	493	2	sharpness
shortness	12	3	673	2	shortness
smallness	11	7	451	2	smallness
smarminess	14	4	430	2	smarminess
smartass	10	4	427	2	smart_ass
smartens	10	28	666	2	smart_ens
smartest	10	3	1018	2	smart_est
smarties	10	3	1287	2	smartie_s
smartnesses	13	3	714	2	smartnesses
spareness	11	3	986	2	spareness
starkness	13	3	596	2	starkness
tartness	8	22	1013	2	_tartness

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	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	121436	19	3.156	38477.8
3	Display Results	19	19	0.013	1461.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	19	3.559	50208.2