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

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

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
obtuseness	12	4	404	(None)
obeseness	11	4	589	2	ob_eseness
obtusenesses	14	4	506	2	obtusenesses
abstruseness	14	5	224	3	abstruseness
astuteness	10	4	475	3	astuteness
baseness	10	9	1094	3	_b_aseness
blueness	10	3	821	3	_blu_eness
bogusness	12	4	356	3	bogus_ness
business	10	21	1069	3	_b_usiness
busyness	13	26	481	3	_b_usyness
oblateness	12	4	489	3	oblateness
obscureness	15	5	269	3	obscureness
obtrusiveness	18	7	422	3	obtrusiveness
obtusest	10	4	457	3	obtus__est
otioseness	10	4	504	3	otioseness
robustness	12	4	273	3	rob_ustness

Search took 6 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	140603	0.156	1145455.1
2	DLD Change Limit	140603	16	5.716	24598.1
3	Display Results	16	16	0.016	1000.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	16	5.888	30348.3