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

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

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
niftiness	12	3	636	(None)
bittiness	11	22	833	2	bittiness
dirtiness	10	3	946	2	dirtiness
heftiness	15	3	631	2	heftiness
iffiness	14	3	502	2	_iffiness
loftiness	12	3	657	2	loftiness
miffiness	17	3	452	2	miffiness
mistiness	11	19	1163	2	mistiness
nastiness	9	23	1057	2	nastiness
nattiness	9	23	933	2	nattiness
nifties	10	26	1250	2	nifti_e_s
niftiest	11	29	1006	2	nifti_est
niftinesses	14	3	723	2	niftinesses
nippiness	13	3	471	2	nippiness
nuttiness	9	20	756	2	nuttiness
shiftiness	16	4	479	2	shiftiness
sniffiness	16	4	375	2	sniffiness
wittiness	12	19	722	2	wittiness

Search took 5 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	18	4.110	29546.5
3	Display Results	18	18	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	18	4.250	42044.9