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

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

20 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
weaknesses	17	3	546	(None)
bleaknesses	17	4	403	2	bleaknesses
deadnesses	12	3	894	2	deadnesses
deafnesses	14	3	622	2	deafnesses
dearnesses	11	3	958	2	dearnesses
leakinesses	15	3	847	2	leakinesses
leannesses	10	10	834	2	leannesses
meannesses	12	12	816	2	meannesses
meeknesses	16	4	480	2	meeknesses
nearnesses	10	3	910	2	nearnesses
neatnesses	10	3	1001	2	neatnesses
realnesses	10	3	1085	2	realnesses
waenesses	12	3	977	2	w_aenesses
wannesses	12	3	923	2	w_annesses
weaklinesses	19	4	448	2	weaklinesses
weakness	15	3	535	2	weakne_s_s
wearinesses	14	3	1021	2	wearinesses
wellnesses	13	3	578	2	wellnesses
wetnesses	12	20	821	2	we_tnesses
whatnesses	16	3	573	2	whatnesses

Search took 7 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	0.360	496363.9
2	DLD Change Limit	108824	20	5.716	19038.5
3	Display Results	20	20	0.016	1250.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	20	6.092	29332.1