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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “stickiness” 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
stickiness	16	3	590	(None)
stockiness	16	4	524	1	stockiness
ickiness	14	3	675	2	__ickiness
pickiness	17	3	762	2	_pickiness
sickliness	16	4	500	2	s_ickliness
sickness	14	3	783	2	s_ick_ness
silkiness	13	3	725	2	s_ilkiness
slickness	15	3	590	2	slick_ness
slinkiness	14	4	515	2	slinkiness
spiciness	13	4	705	2	spic_iness
spikiness	15	3	631	2	spi_kiness
stickies	14	22	1197	2	sticki_e_s
stickiest	15	22	960	2	sticki_est
stickinesses	18	4	508	2	stickinesses
stinginess	11	4	595	2	stinginess
stockinets	16	4	353	2	stockinets
tackiness	15	5	769	2	_tackiness
trickiness	16	6	635	2	trickiness

Search took 4 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	108824	0.436	409841.7
2	DLD Change Limit	108824	18	3.190	34114.1
3	Display Results	18	18	0.013	1384.6
	(SQL Overall)	178691	18	3.639	49104.4