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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “waterlessnessesa” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
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15 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
waterlessnesses	17	5	472	1	waterlessnesses_
waterlessness	16	5	385	3	waterlessne_s_s_
agelessnesses	13	8	762	4	_age_lessnesses_
airlessnesses	12	11	799	4	_a_irlessnesses_
carelessnesses	15	4	772	4	care_lessnesses_
cheerlessnesses	19	5	454	4	cheerlessnesses_
facelessnesses	18	4	732	4	face_lessnesses_
hairlessnesses	16	12	663	4	ha_irlessnesses_
namelessnesses	15	7	705	4	name_lessnesses_
pathlessnesses	18	5	595	4	pat_hlessnesses_
powerlessnesses	19	5	449	4	powerlessnesses_
statelessnesses	13	5	586	4	state_lessnesses_
tastelessnesses	13	5	527	4	taste_lessnesses_
waterishnesses	20	5	316	4	water_ishnesses_
witlessnesses	15	4	723	4	wit__lessnesses_

Search took 2 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	27383	0.263	679433.5
2	DLD Change Limit	27383	15	1.313	20855.3
3	Display Results	15	15	0.016	937.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	15	1.592	112243.1