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

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

15 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
blackness	17	3	566	(None)
blankness	15	4	467	1	blankness
slackness	15	3	543	1	slackness
backless	16	29	1063	2	b_ackless
blackeners	18	4	412	2	blackeners
blackens	16	38	810	2	black_ens
blackest	16	26	930	2	black_est
blacklegs	18	4	391	2	blacklegs
blacknesses	19	4	499	2	blacknesses
blandness	12	3	597	2	blandness
bleakness	15	4	359	2	bleakness
laciness	10	21	1255	2	_laciness
lankness	12	23	704	2	_lankness
packness	16	3	693	2	_packness
slickness	15	3	590	2	slickness

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	121436	0.140	1276364.3
2	DLD Change Limit	121436	15	3.796	31990.5
3	Display Results	15	15	0.016	937.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	15	3.952	45215.3