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

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

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
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24 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
firmness	13	3	474	(None)
airiness	8	4	1221	2	airiness
dimness	10	3	884	2	di_mness
direness	9	3	1130	2	direness
fairness	11	3	656	2	fair_ness
farness	10	29	1220	2	far_ness
fieriness	12	3	862	2	fieriness
filminess	14	3	598	2	filminess
filmless	13	4	455	2	filmless
fineness	11	3	1064	2	fineness
fireless	11	28	1059	2	fireless
firmers	12	47	1144	2	firm_ers
firmest	12	3	927	2	firm_est
firmnesses	15	3	561	2	firmnesses
firstness	12	4	501	2	firstness
fitness	10	29	939	2	fi_tness
formless	13	24	808	2	formless
grimness	11	7	599	2	grimness
kirmess	13	23	431	2	kirm_ess
miriness	10	3	1046	2	miriness
primness	12	7	676	2	primness
trimness	10	6	756	2	trimness
warmness	13	3	706	2	warmness
wiriness	11	3	895	2	wiriness

Search took 7 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	121059	0.763	234195.3
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	24	5.643	21453.0
3	Display Results	24	24	0.013	1846.2
	(SQL Overall)	178691	24	6.419	27837.8