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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “cheerfully” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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.

17 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
cheerfully	21	9	270	(None)
cheerful	16	4	398	2	cheerfu_l_
cheerfuller	19	9	138	2	cheerfuller
heedfully	19	4	315	2	_heedfully
carefully	17	4	508	3	care_fully
cheekful	20	4	282	3	cheekfu_l_
cheekfuls	21	4	243	3	cheekfu_ls
cheerfullest	20	6	206	3	cheerfullest
cheerily	16	5	542	3	cheer__ily
cheerly	15	41	760	3	cheer___ly
colorfully	18	5	299	3	colorfully
fearfully	18	4	389	3	_fearfully
gleefully	16	4	313	3	glee_fully
helpfully	20	5	270	3	_helpfully
needfully	16	4	298	3	_needfully
powerfully	21	5	254	3	powerfully
tearfully	15	4	414	3	_tearfully

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	140603	0.406	440125.6
2	DLD Change Limit	140603	17	7.343	19147.9
3	Display Results	17	17	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	17	7.749	23059.9