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

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

12 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
dauntlessness	14	5	377	(None)
dauntlessnesses	15	5	481	2	dauntlessnesses
doubtlessness	16	5	407	2	doubtlessness
faultlessness	16	5	394	2	faultlessness
artlessness	11	4	644	3	_a_rtlessness
boundlessness	16	5	404	3	boundlessness
fruitlessness	16	5	419	3	fruitlessness
gutlessness	12	4	601	3	_gu_tlessness
landlessness	13	4	571	3	la_ndlessness
painlessness	14	4	545	3	pain_lessness
pointlessness	15	5	461	3	pointlessness
tactlessness	14	4	541	3	ta_ctlessness

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	65874	0.346	516448.0
2	DLD Change Limit	65874	12	2.670	24671.9
3	Display Results	12	12	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	12	3.016	59247.7