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

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

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53 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
shirtdresses	16	5	186	(None)
shirtdress	14	4	181	2	shirtdre_s_s
shiftinesses	18	10	524	3	shiftinesses
shortnesses	14	4	679	3	short_nesses
sidedresses	13	4	352	3	s_idedresses
slipdresses	14	4	257	3	sli_pdresses
aviatresses	14	8	300	4	aviat_resses
chartreuses	16	5	221	4	chart_reuses
coatdresses	14	4	394	4	_coatdresses
dirtinesses	12	3	988	4	_dirtinesses
distresses	11	4	885	4	_dist_resses
editresses	11	6	507	4	edi_t_resses
fortresses	13	4	566	4	_fort_resses
hairdresser	15	5	193	4	hair_dresser
hairdressers	16	5	142	4	hair_dressers
hardnesses	14	18	1054	4	_har_dnesses
headdresses	16	8	369	4	_headdresses
hotpresses	15	4	452	4	_h_otpresses
huntresses	13	4	528	4	_hunt_resses
jointresses	18	4	347	4	joint_resses
minidresses	14	4	328	4	_minidresses
mistresses	12	4	799	4	_mist_resses
nightdresses	17	5	220	4	nightdresses
outdresses	11	23	682	4	__outdresses
overdresses	15	4	619	4	over_dresses
pantdresses	14	4	375	4	_pantdresses
porteresses	13	4	552	4	_porteresses
portresses	12	4	731	4	_port_resses
redresses	10	4	1029	4	___redresses
sacrednesses	15	4	487	4	sacrednesses
sharpnesses	16	4	523	4	shar_pnesses
shininesses	14	4	829	4	shi_ninesses
shirtless	12	26	641	4	shirt_le_s_s
shirtsleeves	18	6	67	4	shirtsleeves
shrewdnesses	19	4	293	4	shrewdnesses
shrillnesses	15	4	350	4	shrillnesses
sidednesses	13	4	710	4	s_idednesses
smartnesses	13	3	714	4	smart_nesses
sorceresses	13	4	337	4	s_orceresses
spiritednesses	17	5	322	4	spiritednesses
sportinesses	14	4	787	4	sportinesses
stiltednesses	14	5	401	4	stiltednesses
stresses	8	11	1249	4	s___t_resses
sundresses	11	4	654	4	s__undresses
swartnesses	14	3	671	4	swart_nesses
swiftnesses	17	4	450	4	swift_nesses
thirstinesses	16	4	258	4	thirstinesses
tirednesses	12	4	774	4	_tirednesses
victresses	15	4	497	4	_vict_resses
waitresses	13	4	506	4	wai_t_resses
wardresses	14	4	541	4	_war_dresses
weirdnesses	15	4	521	4	weir_dnesses
whitenesses	17	4	665	4	whi_tenesses

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	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	124790	53	7.030	17751.1
3	Display Results	53	53	0.033	1606.1
	(SQL Overall)	178691	53	7.453	23975.7