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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “fernless” 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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24 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
fernless	11	3	606	(None)
farness	10	29	1220	2	farn_ess
fearless	11	3	787	2	fearless
feckless	17	22	578	2	feckless
feeless	10	35	1110	2	fe_eless
feetless	11	3	738	2	feetless
fellness	11	3	591	2	fellness
ferniest	11	322	1415	2	ferniest
ferules	10	31	1272	2	ferule_s
fewness	13	3	500	2	fewn_ess
feyness	13	3	492	2	feyn_ess
finless	10	28	1078	2	f_inless
fireless	11	28	1059	2	fireless
fordless	12	28	900	2	fordless
forkless	15	26	743	2	forkless
formless	13	24	808	2	formless
fretless	11	3	806	2	fretless
furless	10	32	1014	2	fur_less
herbless	13	3	666	2	herbless
hornless	11	3	736	2	hornless
reinless	8	13	943	2	reinless
termless	10	3	623	2	termless
veinless	11	13	626	2	veinless
verbless	13	3	603	2	verbless

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	0.423	422437.4
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	24	3.466	34927.6
3	Display Results	24	24	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	24	3.889	45947.8