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

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

18 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
certainty	14	4	319	(None)
certainly	14	4	315	1	certainly
certain	9	26	1221	2	certain__
certainer	11	4	619	2	certainer
uncertainty	16	5	285	2	uncertainty
captaincy	18	4	201	3	captaincy
ceratin	9	30	2016	3	ceratin__
ceratins	10	28	1873	3	ceratin_s
certainest	12	4	886	3	certainest
certainties	13	5	376	3	certainties
certify	15	4	624	3	cert_i_fy
curtain	9	31	979	3	curtain__
curtained	12	6	550	3	curtained
curtains	10	25	970	3	curtain_s
pertain	9	27	1496	3	pertain__
pertained	12	3	850	3	pertained
pertains	10	21	1342	3	pertain_s
uncertainly	16	5	322	3	uncertainly

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	148641	0.436	409841.7
2	DLD Change Limit	148641	18	6.940	21418.0
3	Display Results	18	18	0.013	1384.6
	(SQL Overall)	178691	18	7.389	24183.4