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

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

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
needfulness	15	9	399	(None)
heedfulness	18	10	407	1	heedfulness
needfulnesses	17	13	409	2	needfulnesses
cheerfulness	20	5	358	3	cheerfulness
dreadfulness	17	6	388	3	dreadfulness
fearfulness	17	4	522	3	fearfulness
fretfulness	17	7	622	3	fretfulness
gleefulness	15	5	406	3	gleefulness
heedfulnesses	20	12	410	3	heedfulnesses
helpfulness	19	5	348	3	helpfulness
mindfulness	17	5	406	3	mindfulness
needfuls	12	4	240	3	needful___s
neediness	10	22	773	3	need__iness
needless	9	30	833	3	need__l_ess
restfulness	14	4	723	3	restfulness
ruefulness	13	4	610	3	rue_fulness
tearfulness	14	4	548	3	tearfulness
usefulness	13	4	572	3	use_fulness
woefulness	16	4	526	3	woe_fulness
zestfulness	23	4	531	3	zestfulness

Search took 6 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	121633	0.140	1276364.3
2	DLD Change Limit	121633	20	5.376	22625.2
3	Display Results	20	20	0.016	1250.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	20	5.532	32301.3