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

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

20 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
downless	12	3	636	(None)
townless	11	3	565	1	townless
awnless	10	3	592	2	_awnless
boonless	10	32	835	2	boonless
bowless	12	33	1031	2	bow_less
crownless	14	4	342	2	crownless
dewless	11	3	747	2	dew_less
doorless	9	3	671	2	doorless
dowerless	13	4	401	2	dowerless
downers	11	39	1277	2	down_ers
downiest	12	27	1060	2	downiest
downiness	13	10	671	2	downiness
hornless	11	3	736	2	hornless
lowness	10	3	781	2	lown_ess
moonless	10	27	804	2	moonless
nounless	8	3	725	2	nounless
nowness	10	3	703	2	nown_ess
sonless	7	26	1261	2	so_nless
townlets	11	3	477	2	townlets
vowless	13	24	660	2	vow_less

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	121059	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	20	3.296	36729.1
3	Display Results	20	20	0.016	1250.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	20	3.702	48268.8