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

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

12 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
tactful	12	3	616	(None)
factful	15	3	637	1	factful
artful	9	6	827	2	_artful
hatful	12	10	874	2	ha_tful
rackful	16	4	587	2	rackful
sackful	16	4	535	2	sackful
tactfully	17	4	434	2	tactfully
tactual	9	3	620	2	tactual
tankful	14	4	516	2	tankful
tasteful	11	11	522	2	tasteful
untactful	14	6	224	2	untactful
vatful	12	10	708	2	va_tful

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	107671	0.376	475242.0
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	12	3.343	32207.9
3	Display Results	12	12	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	12	3.719	48048.1