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

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

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
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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
crestless	11	4	678	(None)
crustless	11	5	540	1	crustless
restless	8	27	1316	1	_restless
costless	10	3	1000	2	c_ostless
creaseless	12	4	364	2	creaseless
crewless	13	3	541	2	cre_wless
fretless	11	3	806	2	fre_tless
frostless	12	3	574	2	frostless
prestress	11	3	813	2	prestress
restress	8	25	1177	2	_restress
rustless	8	35	1024	2	_rustless
trestles	8	30	1255	2	trestle_s
trustless	9	5	595	2	trustless
vestless	11	25	884	2	_vestless
wrestlers	12	30	610	2	wrestlers
wrestles	11	33	1006	2	wrestle_s
zestless	17	24	743	2	_zestless

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	121436	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	121436	17	3.453	35168.3
3	Display Results	17	17	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	17	3.843	46497.8