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

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

10 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
wateriness	13	4	808	(None)
paperiness	14	4	613	2	paperiness
wariness	11	3	1321	2	wa__riness
watercress	15	4	338	2	watercress
wateriest	12	3	1224	2	wateri_est
waterinesses	15	6	719	2	waterinesses
waterings	13	22	926	2	waterin_gs
waterishness	18	5	326	2	waterishness
waterless	12	3	801	2	water_less
waterlines	13	4	895	2	waterline_s

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	0.373	479064.3
2	DLD Change Limit	108824	10	2.690	40455.0
3	Display Results	10	10	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	10	3.063	58338.6