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

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

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
blitheful	17	5	197	(None)
blameful	15	4	381	3	bl_ameful
blissful	13	4	254	3	bli_ssful
blithe	11	58	1086	3	blithe___
blithely	16	10	403	3	blithe_ly
blither	12	48	1217	3	blithe__r
blithered	15	15	612	3	blithered
blithers	13	47	1123	3	blithe_rs
blithest	13	3	808	3	blithe_st
blushful	16	4	318	3	blush_ful
bottleful	14	5	237	3	bottleful
faithful	17	4	338	3	faith_ful
lifeful	13	4	461	3	_li_feful
lightful	15	4	416	3	_lightful
plateful	13	4	543	3	plat_eful
slothful	14	4	276	3	sloth_ful
spiteful	13	4	430	3	spit_eful

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	148641	0.423	422437.4
2	DLD Change Limit	148641	17	6.530	22762.8
3	Display Results	17	17	0.016	1062.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	17	6.969	25640.8