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

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

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60 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
cheerlessness	18	5	370	(None)
cheerlessnesses	19	5	454	2	cheerlessnesses
heedlessness	16	8	502	2	_heedlessness
carelessness	14	4	654	3	care_lessness
childlessness	19	6	387	3	childlessness
colorlessness	15	5	390	3	colorlessness
fearlessness	15	4	576	3	_fearlessness
hairlessness	15	4	530	3	_hairlessness
headlessness	16	10	596	3	_headlessness
heartlessness	16	6	517	3	_heartlessness
helplessness	17	5	447	3	_helplessness
needlessness	13	7	468	3	_needlessness
powerlessness	18	5	319	3	powerlessness
sleeplessness	14	5	355	3	sleeplessness
waterlessness	16	5	385	3	waterlessness
agelessness	12	4	607	4	_age_lessness
airlessness	11	4	625	4	__airlessness
ceaselessness	14	5	511	4	ceaselessness
changelessness	20	6	277	4	changelessness
cheerfulness	20	5	358	4	cheer_fulness
cheeriness	15	4	553	4	cheer___iness
cheerinesses	17	6	582	4	cheeriness_e_s
cheerleaders	18	5	155	4	cheerle_aders
cheerless	14	9	529	4	cheerl____ess
cheerlessly	19	5	208	4	cheerless__ly
cheesiness	15	4	473	4	ch_e__esiness
churlishness	20	5	251	4	ch_urlishness
classlessness	13	5	373	4	classlessness
cloudlessness	16	5	384	4	cloudlessness
dreamlessness	16	7	381	4	dreamlessness
endlessness	12	4	548	4	__endlessness
facelessness	17	8	605	4	face_lessness
fecklessness	21	5	448	4	_fecklessness
haplessness	16	4	566	4	_h_aplessness
harmlessness	17	4	505	4	_harmlessness
heedlessnesses	17	13	622	4	_heedlessnesses
homelessness	17	4	610	4	_homelessness
hopelessness	17	4	575	4	_hopelessness
hornlessness	15	4	516	4	_hornlessness
humorlessness	18	5	316	4	humorlessness
lifelessness	15	4	529	4	life_lessness
lovelessness	15	4	573	4	love_lessness
motherlessness	19	5	223	4	motherlessness
movelessness	17	4	530	4	move_lessness
namelessness	14	4	561	4	name_lessness
recklessness	18	5	465	4	_recklessness
restlessness	11	4	651	4	_restlessness
seamlessness	13	5	590	4	_seamlessness
selflessness	14	4	459	4	_selflessness
sexlessness	17	4	531	4	__sexlessness
shamelessness	17	5	496	4	shamelessness
shapelessness	17	5	496	4	shapelessness
sheernesses	14	4	584	4	sheerness_e_s
shiftlessness	18	5	400	4	shiftlessness
speechlessness	20	8	160	4	speechlessness
thanklessness	20	5	383	4	thanklessness
timelessness	14	4	578	4	time_lessness
tirelessness	12	4	593	4	tire_lessness
tonelessness	12	4	624	4	tone_lessness
uselessness	10	7	599	4	_use_lessness

Search took 7 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	95024	0.376	475242.0
2	DLD Change Limit	95024	60	5.576	17041.6
3	Display Results	60	60	0.033	1818.2
	(SQL Overall)	178691	60	5.985	29856.5