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

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

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57 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
obscureness	15	5	269	(None)
obscurenesses	17	5	273	2	obscurenesses
absurdness	13	4	289	3	abs_urdness
insecureness	14	5	309	3	insecureness
obscenest	13	4	582	3	obsc__enest
obscurants	14	17	302	3	obscuran_ts
obscures	12	4	551	3	obscur__e_s
obscurest	13	4	341	3	obscur__est
obtuseness	12	4	404	3	ob_tuseness
secureness	12	4	505	3	_secureness
sureness	8	9	1290	3	__s_ureness
absoluteness	14	5	264	4	absoluteness
abstruseness	14	5	224	4	abstruseness
acuteness	11	4	586	4	__acuteness
assuredness	12	5	231	4	_assuredness
astuteness	10	4	475	4	_astuteness
austereness	11	5	429	4	austereness
bareness	10	9	1281	4	_b__areness
blueness	10	3	821	4	_b_lu_eness
cocksureness	20	6	147	4	cocksureness
cureless	10	31	970	4	___cureless
curtness	10	3	726	4	___curtness
cuteness	10	3	967	4	___cuteness
demureness	13	4	424	4	_demureness
impureness	14	4	406	4	_impureness
obdurateness	15	5	305	4	ob_durateness
obeseness	11	4	589	4	ob__eseness
oblateness	12	4	489	4	ob_lateness
obliqueness	22	5	197	4	obliqueness
obscene	11	4	524	4	obsc__ene__
obscenely	16	5	191	4	obsc__enely
obscener	12	4	432	4	obsc__ene_r
obscurant	13	12	418	4	obscuran__t
obscurantic	17	6	138	4	obscurantic
obscurantism	18	6	130	4	obscurantism
obscurantisms	19	6	115	4	obscurantisms
obscurantist	16	6	161	4	obscurantist
obscurantists	17	6	114	4	obscurantists
obscure	11	4	533	4	obscur__e__
obscured	13	4	389	4	obscur__e_d
obscurely	16	5	212	4	obscur__ely
obscurer	12	4	352	4	obscur__e_r
obscuring	14	4	402	4	obscurin__g
obscurities	15	5	321	4	obscurities
obsoleteness	14	5	229	4	obsoleteness
obstruents	12	5	332	4	obstruen_ts
opaqueness	21	4	234	4	opaqu_eness
pureness	10	11	1018	4	___pureness
scarceness	14	4	476	4	__scarceness
scariness	11	3	1018	4	__scariness
scoreless	11	5	560	4	__scoreless
scurviness	15	4	328	4	__scurviness
sincereness	13	4	500	4	sincereness
soreness	8	9	1479	4	__s_oreness
sourness	8	3	954	4	__sour_ness
spareness	11	3	986	4	__spareness
squareness	19	4	476	4	__squareness

Search took 10 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	148819	0.406	440125.6
2	DLD Change Limit	148819	57	9.186	16200.6
3	Display Results	57	57	0.033	1727.3
	(SQL Overall)	178691	57	9.625	18565.3