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

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

14 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
wardress	12	25	616	(None)
wardless	12	24	930	1	wardless
address	9	5	610	2	_address
hardness	12	24	1108	2	hardness
waitress	11	3	522	2	waitress
wardens	11	37	1190	2	ward_ens
warders	11	34	1681	2	ward_ers
wardresses	14	4	541	2	wardresses
wariness	11	3	1321	2	wariness
warless	10	40	1510	2	war_less
warmness	13	3	706	2	warmness
warrens	10	38	1089	2	war_rens
wartless	11	27	992	2	wartless
wordless	12	25	884	2	wordless

Search took 5 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	0.626	285448.9
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	14	3.906	30993.1
3	Display Results	14	14	0.013	1076.9
	(SQL Overall)	178691	14	4.545	39316.0