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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “sprightfulness” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

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.

17 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
sprightfulness	23	6	220	(None)
frightfulness	23	6	320	2	_frightfulness
rightfulness	19	9	489	2	__rightfulness
delightfulness	22	6	189	3	delightfulness
sprightliness	19	6	209	3	spright_liness
forgetfulness	20	5	374	4	for_getfulness
frightfulnesses	25	6	290	4	_frightfulnesses
pridefulness	18	5	432	4	_pri_defulness
rightfulnesses	21	7	446	4	__rightfulnesses
spitefulness	17	5	460	4	sp_i_tefulness
sportfulness	17	5	478	4	sp__ortfulness
sprightful	19	5	168	4	sprightful____
sprightfully	24	7	153	4	sprightful__ly
sprightliest	18	10	234	4	spright__liest
thoughtfulness	24	8	162	4	thoughtfulness
tristfulness	15	6	498	4	_tri_stfulness
uprightness	17	5	285	4	upright___ness

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	65874	0.330	541487.9
2	DLD Change Limit	65874	17	3.373	19529.8
3	Display Results	17	17	0.016	1062.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	17	3.719	48048.1