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

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

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
faintest	11	3	907	(None)
fainest	10	4	1770	1	fain_est
daintiest	10	3	915	2	daintiest
fainted	11	42	1172	2	fainte_d
fainter	10	36	1105	2	fainte_r
fainters	11	34	969	2	fainters
faintish	14	4	619	2	faintish
faintness	12	3	583	2	faintness
faints	9	48	1878	2	faint_s_
fairest	10	4	1229	2	fai_rest
fantast	10	3	1170	2	fa_ntast
fastest	10	24	1372	2	fa_stest
fattest	10	29	1306	2	fa_ttest
fawniest	14	28	744	2	fawniest
finest	9	43	2173	2	f_in_est
fittest	10	25	1080	2	f_ittest
flintiest	12	4	843	2	flintiest
gauntest	9	3	660	2	gauntest
paintiest	11	3	1056	2	paintiest
quaintest	18	4	534	2	quaintest
rainiest	8	12	1492	2	rainiest
vainest	10	3	1576	2	vain_est

Search took 5 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	0.403	443402.0
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	22	3.736	32403.4
3	Display Results	22	22	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	22	4.139	43172.5