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

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

22 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
heirless	11	4	605	(None)
hairless	11	5	741	1	hairless
heiress	10	3	681	1	heir_ess
airless	7	37	1204	2	_airless
cheerless	14	9	529	2	cheerless
earless	7	43	1607	2	_earless
fearless	11	3	787	2	fearless
gearless	9	3	737	2	gearless
headless	12	28	986	2	headless
heartless	12	3	639	2	heartless
heatless	11	30	1146	2	heatless
heedless	12	27	881	2	heedless
heelless	11	25	765	2	heelless
helmless	13	3	427	2	helmless
helpless	13	3	506	2	helpless
herbless	13	3	666	2	herbless
hipless	12	39	992	2	h_ipless
hitless	10	32	1119	2	h_itless
peerless	10	3	751	2	peerless
reinless	8	13	943	2	reinless
tearless	8	4	871	2	tearless
veinless	11	13	626	2	veinless

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	0.376	475242.0
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	22	3.656	33112.4
3	Display Results	22	22	0.016	1375.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	22	4.048	44143.0