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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “sportiness” 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
sportiness	12	7	823	(None)
spottiness	12	8	576	1	spottiness
porkiness	15	24	919	2	_porkiness
portliness	12	4	683	2	_portliness
pottiness	11	7	970	2	_pottiness
shortness	12	3	673	2	short_ness
snootiness	10	8	583	2	snootiness
snottiness	10	5	559	2	snottiness
sootiness	9	9	983	2	s_ootiness
sorriness	9	3	958	2	s_orriness
sponginess	13	4	459	2	sponginess
spookiness	16	4	443	2	spookiness
sportiest	11	17	1102	2	sporti_est
sportinesses	14	4	787	2	sportinesses
sportiveness	17	6	698	2	sportiveness
storminess	12	4	521	2	storminess

Search took 4 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	108824	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	108824	16	2.813	38686.1
3	Display Results	16	16	0.013	1230.8
	(SQL Overall)	178691	16	3.216	55563.1