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

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

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.

14 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
harshness	15	4	596	(None)
archness	13	3	751	2	_archness
brashness	14	3	632	2	brashness
garishness	14	4	576	2	garishness
hardiness	13	23	1037	2	hardiness
hardness	12	24	1108	2	har_dness
harness	10	24	1393	2	har__ness
harshens	14	3	760	2	harsh_ens
harshest	14	3	1019	2	harsh_est
harshnesses	17	4	585	2	harshnesses
hoarseness	13	4	531	2	hoarseness
horsiness	12	25	948	2	horsiness
marshiness	15	5	506	2	marshiness
rashness	11	3	809	2	ra_shness

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	121436	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	121436	14	3.640	33361.5
3	Display Results	14	14	0.016	875.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	14	4.046	44164.9