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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “foolhardiest” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

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.

11 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
foolhardiest	19	6	142	(None)
foolhardier	18	5	103	2	foolhardie_r
foolhardiness	20	6	119	2	foolhardiness
foolhardily	21	6	65	3	foolhardi_ly
fooleries	12	4	874	4	fool_er_ies_
foolhardinesses	22	6	106	4	foolhardinesses
foolhardy	19	5	178	4	foolhard___y
forwardest	17	5	344	4	f_orward_est
hardiest	12	34	1634	4	____hardiest
lardiest	9	38	1389	4	___l_ardiest
orchardist	16	5	334	4	_orchardi_st

Search took 8 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	124790	0.420	425454.8
2	DLD Change Limit	124790	11	6.766	18443.7
3	Display Results	11	11	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	11	7.186	24866.5