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

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

11 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
sweaterdress	16	6	76	(None)
sweaterdresses	18	6	64	2	sweaterdresses
watercress	15	4	338	3	_w_atercress
letterpress	13	11	164	4	_letterpress
shelterless	14	5	204	4	shelter_less
shepherdess	20	5	141	4	shepherd_ess
sweaters	11	38	1106	4	sweate__r__s
sweatiness	13	3	646	4	sweat__iness
wardress	12	25	616	4	_w_a__rdress
wateriness	13	4	807	4	_w_ateriness
waterless	12	3	801	4	_w_ater_less

Search took 9 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	124790	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	124790	11	7.656	16299.6
3	Display Results	11	11	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	11	8.046	22208.7