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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “waitressing” 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
waitressing	15	5	249	(None)
witnessing	14	4	244	2	w_itnessing
addressing	13	4	313	3	_addressing
aggressing	13	4	418	3	_aggressing
buttressing	14	5	305	3	buttressing
caressing	12	3	880	3	ca__ressing
digressing	13	4	579	3	_digressing
distressing	13	8	597	3	distressing
fortressing	15	4	396	3	fortressing
hairdressing	17	5	173	3	hairdressing
restressing	12	6	604	3	restressing
stressing	10	3	833	3	__stressing
waitering	13	3	1071	3	wait_e_ring
waitlisting	15	5	216	3	waitlisting
waitress	11	3	522	3	waitress___
waitressed	14	4	292	3	waitress_ed
waitresses	13	4	506	3	waitress_es

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	121633	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	121633	17	6.643	18310.0
3	Display Results	17	17	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	17	7.033	25407.5