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

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

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.

24 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
baddest	11	26	1114	(None)
baldest	10	23	1353	1	baldest
haddest	12	27	1199	1	haddest
maddest	11	23	1121	1	maddest
saddest	9	24	1238	1	saddest
addrest	9	5	863	2	_addrest
babiest	11	44	1475	2	babiest
badder	10	38	1751	2	badde_r
baddies	11	40	1787	2	baddies_
badges	10	39	1737	2	badges_
badness	10	3	957	2	badness
bardes	9	50	2693	2	bardes_
barest	8	53	2769	2	ba_rest
basest	8	47	2049	2	ba_sest
bawdiest	14	39	867	2	bawdiest
beadiest	11	38	1553	2	beadiest
blandest	11	38	1104	2	blandest
boldest	10	26	1306	2	boldest
faddiest	13	3	811	2	faddiest
faddist	12	28	964	2	faddist
gladdest	11	14	584	2	gladdest
hardest	11	31	1841	2	hardest
oddest	8	17	1086	2	_oddest
reddest	9	3	1195	2	reddest

Search took 4 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	107671	0.373	479064.3
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	24	3.033	35499.8
3	Display Results	24	24	0.016	1500.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	24	3.422	52218.3