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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “flapless” 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
flapless	13	3	534	(None)
flagless	12	3	540	1	flagless
flawless	14	3	450	1	flawless
capless	11	43	1276	2	_capless
clawless	13	3	412	2	clawless
fatless	10	32	1220	2	f_atless
fearless	11	3	787	2	fearless
flameless	14	3	535	2	flameless
flappers	15	38	838	2	flappers
flatlets	11	4	737	2	flatlets
flatness	11	3	815	2	flatness
flyless	13	3	500	2	fl_yless
foamless	13	19	584	2	foamless
gapless	10	34	999	2	_gapless
hapless	12	33	1133	2	_hapless
lawless	10	3	703	2	_lawless
lipless	9	25	955	2	_lipless
napless	9	31	1028	2	_napless
planless	10	3	681	2	planless
playless	13	3	486	2	playless
sapless	9	33	1344	2	_sapless
slipless	10	24	699	2	slipless
snapless	10	28	746	2	snapless
soapless	10	27	807	2	soapless

Search took 5 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	0.393	454684.5
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	24	3.653	33139.6
3	Display Results	24	24	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	24	4.046	44164.9