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

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

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60 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
dreadfulness	17	6	388	(None)
dreamfulness	18	5	359	1	dreamfulness
dreadfulnesses	19	19	379	2	dreadfulnesses
dreadfuls	14	4	253	3	dreadful___s
dreamfulnesses	20	18	369	3	dreamfulnesses
fearfulness	17	4	522	3	_fearfulness
fretfulness	17	7	622	3	fre_tfulness
heedfulness	18	10	407	3	_heedfulness
needfulness	15	9	399	3	_needfulness
regardfulness	18	6	289	3	_regardfulness
restfulness	14	4	723	3	_restfulness
tearfulness	14	4	548	3	_tearfulness
artfulness	13	4	642	4	ar__tfulness
awfulness	15	4	441	4	___awfulness
breadless	12	3	594	4	bread__l_ess
carefulness	16	4	596	4	care__fulness
cheerfulness	20	5	358	4	cheerfulness
deadliness	12	11	589	4	d_ead_liness
deadness	10	3	923	4	d_ead___ness
deafness	12	3	621	4	d_ea_f__ness
deceitfulness	19	6	354	4	deceitfulness
dolefulness	15	4	488	4	d_olefulness
doubtfulness	18	5	368	4	doubtfulness
draftiness	14	4	486	4	dr_a_ftiness
dreadful	13	4	322	4	dreadful____
dreadfully	18	5	279	4	dreadful__ly
dreaminess	13	4	531	4	drea__miness
dreamless	12	4	351	4	drea__ml_ess
dreariness	11	4	628	4	drea__riness
dutifulness	15	5	508	4	d_utifulness
eventfulness	18	5	464	4	eventfulness
fruitfulness	18	5	489	4	fruitfulness
gleefulness	15	5	406	4	gle_efulness
gracefulness	18	5	525	4	gracefulness
gradualness	13	5	285	4	gr_adualness
gratefulness	16	5	575	4	gratefulness
helpfulness	19	5	348	4	_helpfulness
lawfulness	16	4	385	4	__lawfulness
manfulness	15	4	565	4	__manfulness
mercifulness	19	6	442	4	mercifulness
mindfulness	17	5	406	4	_mindfulness
peacefulness	19	5	499	4	_peacefulness
playfulness	19	5	362	4	_playfulness
pridefulness	18	5	433	4	pridefulness
readableness	15	7	626	4	_readableness
readiness	10	26	1185	4	_read__iness
realness	8	4	1044	4	_rea___lness
ruefulness	13	4	610	4	_r_uefulness
ruthfulness	17	5	498	4	_ruthfulness
treadless	10	3	600	4	tread__l_ess
tristfulness	15	6	498	4	tristfulness
trustfulness	15	6	506	4	trustfulness
truthfulness	18	6	441	4	truthfulness
unlawfulness	18	5	259	4	unlawfulness
usefulness	13	4	572	4	use__fulness
wearifulness	18	5	481	4	_wearifulness
woefulness	16	4	526	4	woe__fulness
wrathfulness	21	5	452	4	wrathfulness
wrongfulness	19	5	325	4	wrongfulness
zestfulness	23	4	531	4	_zestfulness

Search took 8 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	0.406	440125.6
2	DLD Change Limit	124790	60	7.296	17103.9
3	Display Results	60	60	0.046	1304.3
	(SQL Overall)	178691	60	7.748	23062.9