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

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

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.

11 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
unneedful	13	5	176	(None)
unheedful	16	6	190	1	unheedful
needful	11	4	386	2	__needful
heedful	14	4	431	3	__heedful
needfuls	12	4	240	3	__needfuls
sneerful	11	4	355	3	_sneerful
unfearful	15	5	230	3	unfearful
unhelpful	17	5	163	3	unhelpful
unmindful	15	5	185	3	unmindful
unneeded	10	3	648	3	unneed_ed
unrestful	12	4	344	3	unrestful

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	148641	0.423	422437.4
2	DLD Change Limit	148641	11	7.263	20465.5
3	Display Results	11	11	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	11	7.686	23248.9