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

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

13 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
competitiveness	24	8	219	(None)
comparativeness	24	8	292	3	comparativeness
cooperativeness	22	7	337	3	cooperativeness
repetitiveness	19	6	384	3	_repetitiveness
combativeness	22	5	417	4	com__bativeness
compatibleness	22	6	261	4	compati_bleness
competitions	18	4	553	4	competiti_on__s
competitive	20	7	476	4	competitiv__e__
competitively	25	6	281	4	competitiv__ely
compulsiveness	23	6	297	4	comp_ulsiveness
consecutiveness	22	6	281	4	consecutiveness
imperativeness	21	5	547	4	_imperativeness
operativeness	18	7	666	4	_o_perativeness

Search took 5 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	43548	0.593	301333.9
2	DLD Change Limit	43548	13	3.940	11052.8
3	Display Results	13	13	0.013	1000.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	13	4.546	39307.3