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

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

16 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
faintness	12	3	583	(None)
daintiness	11	4	596	2	daintiness
fainters	11	34	969	2	faint_ers
faintest	11	3	907	2	faint_est
faintnesses	14	4	714	2	faintnesses
fairness	11	3	656	2	fai_rness
fastness	11	23	876	2	fa_stness
fatness	10	33	1129	2	fa__tness
fineness	11	3	1064	2	f_ineness
fitness	10	29	939	2	f_i_tness
flintiness	13	4	589	2	flintiness
gauntness	10	4	420	2	gauntness
quaintness	19	4	320	2	quaintness
raininess	9	4	927	2	raininess
taintless	9	3	573	2	taintless
vainness	11	3	606	2	vain_ness

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	121436	0.423	422437.4
2	DLD Change Limit	121436	16	3.796	31990.5
3	Display Results	16	16	0.016	1000.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	16	4.235	42193.9