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

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

20 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
vainness	11	3	606	(None)
avidness	12	4	611	2	avidness
faintness	12	3	583	2	faintness
fairness	11	3	656	2	fairness
gainless	9	11	740	2	gainless
painless	10	10	834	2	painless
plainness	11	5	518	2	plainness
raininess	9	4	927	2	raininess
rainless	8	12	970	2	rainless
thinness	11	27	715	2	thinness
vainest	10	3	1576	2	vai_nest
vainnesses	13	3	734	2	vainnesses
validness	13	12	536	2	validness
vanners	10	36	1284	2	va_nners
vapidness	15	14	442	2	vapidness
vastness	11	25	729	2	vastness
veinless	11	13	626	2	veinless
voidness	12	3	555	2	voidness
wanness	10	26	1068	2	wa_nness
zaniness	17	3	866	2	zaniness

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	121059	0.140	1276364.3
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	20	3.766	32145.2
3	Display Results	20	20	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	20	3.906	45747.8