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

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

17 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
darndest	10	6	722	(None)
damndest	12	7	600	1	damndest
darndests	11	8	314	1	darndests
darnedest	11	4	525	1	darnedest
durndest	10	6	576	1	durndest
aridest	8	3	1614	2	_aridest
barniest	10	48	1505	2	barniest
damndests	13	9	279	2	damndests
damnedest	13	4	433	2	damnedest
dandiest	10	34	1503	2	da_ndiest
dankest	12	26	1167	2	da_nkest
darkest	12	25	1262	2	dar_kest
darnedests	12	4	223	2	darnedests
durnedest	11	4	408	2	durnedest
earnest	7	3	1873	2	earn_est
grandest	10	3	1157	2	grandest
hardest	11	31	1841	2	har_dest

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	121059	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	17	3.376	35858.7
3	Display Results	17	17	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	17	3.766	47448.5