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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “playfulness” 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
playfulness	19	5	361	(None)
lawfulness	16	4	385	2	_lawfulness
playfulnesses	21	5	364	2	playfulnesses
awfulness	15	4	441	3	__awfulness
balefulness	16	4	501	3	balefulness
fearfulness	17	4	522	3	fearfulness
gleefulness	15	5	406	3	gleefulness
joyfulness	23	4	320	3	_joyfulness
manfulness	15	4	564	3	_manfulness
painfulness	16	4	508	3	painfulness
peacefulness	19	5	498	3	peacefulness
pitifulness	16	6	548	3	pitifulness
playless	13	3	486	3	play__l_ess
prayerfulness	21	6	268	3	prayerfulness
pushfulness	19	5	414	3	pushfulness
tearfulness	14	4	548	3	tearfulness
unlawfulness	18	5	259	3	unlawfulness

Search took 6 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	121633	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	121633	17	4.610	26384.6
3	Display Results	17	17	0.013	1307.7
	(SQL Overall)	178691	17	5.013	35645.5