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

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

19 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
starkness	13	3	596	(None)
darkness	13	24	734	2	_darkness
scariness	11	3	1018	2	scariness
sharpness	14	3	494	2	sharpness
slackness	15	3	543	2	slackness
smartness	11	3	614	2	smartness
spareness	11	3	986	2	spareness
stackless	15	5	593	2	stackless
staginess	10	3	875	2	staginess
staidness	10	3	703	2	staidness
staleness	9	3	1078	2	staleness
stalkless	13	3	372	2	stalkless
starkers	12	37	1239	2	stark_ers
starkest	12	3	972	2	stark_est
starknesses	15	4	588	2	starknesses
starless	8	16	1084	2	star_less
sternness	9	4	609	2	sternness
swartness	12	3	611	2	swartness
tartness	8	22	1013	2	_tartness

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	121436	0.656	272394.8
2	DLD Change Limit	121436	19	7.123	17048.4
3	Display Results	19	19	0.016	1187.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	19	7.795	22923.8