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

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

22 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
dirgeful	13	4	325	(None)
direful	11	5	661	1	dir_eful
dareful	11	5	705	2	dar_eful
ireful	9	4	871	2	_ir_eful
cageful	13	5	648	3	_cageful
careful	12	4	911	3	car_eful
dipperful	17	5	213	3	dipperful
direfully	16	4	478	3	dir_efully
dirge	7	51	1707	3	dirge___
dirges	8	49	1510	3	dirge__s
dishful	14	5	543	3	di_shful
doleful	11	4	633	3	d_oleful
forceful	16	4	460	3	forceful
forgetful	16	4	286	3	forgetful
lifeful	13	4	461	3	li_feful
mirthful	16	4	286	3	mirthful
pageful	13	4	635	3	_pageful
pipeful	14	4	564	3	pi_peful
prideful	14	4	391	3	prideful
rueful	9	4	820	3	__rueful
stageful	12	4	445	3	stageful
vengeful	15	4	287	3	vengeful

Search took 9 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	146162	0.423	422437.4
2	DLD Change Limit	146162	22	7.843	18636.0
3	Display Results	22	22	0.016	1375.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	22	8.282	21575.8