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

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

23 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
helmless	13	3	427	(None)
helpless	13	3	506	1	helpless
beamless	12	32	700	2	beamless
beltless	10	29	771	2	beltless
filmless	13	4	455	2	filmless
haltless	11	30	844	2	haltless
harmless	13	3	740	2	harmless
headless	12	28	986	2	headless
heatless	11	30	1146	2	heatless
heedless	12	27	881	2	heedless
heelless	11	25	765	2	heelless
heirless	11	4	605	2	heirless
hellers	10	36	1983	2	hel_lers
helmets	12	30	907	2	helm_ets
herbless	13	3	666	2	herbless
hiltless	11	29	712	2	hiltless
holeless	11	8	936	2	holeless
peltless	10	26	737	2	peltless
seamless	10	23	872	2	seamless
selfless	11	3	501	2	selfless
termless	10	3	623	2	termless
weldless	12	28	581	2	weldless
whelpless	17	4	205	2	whelpless

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	0.406	440125.6
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	23	3.810	31774.0
3	Display Results	23	23	0.016	1437.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	23	4.232	42223.8