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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “herbless” 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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21 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
herbless	13	3	666	(None)
verbless	13	3	603	1	verbless
barbless	12	31	871	2	barbless
fernless	11	3	606	2	fernless
garbless	11	38	825	2	garbless
harmless	13	3	740	2	harmless
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
heirless	11	4	605	2	heirless
helmless	13	3	427	2	helmless
helpless	13	3	506	2	helpless
herbiest	13	3	999	2	herbiest
hornless	11	3	736	2	hornless
hurtless	11	30	778	2	hurtless
orbless	9	3	749	2	_orbless
prebless	12	3	682	2	prebless
termless	10	3	623	2	termless
webless	12	3	700	2	we_bless

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	0.403	443402.0
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	21	3.766	32145.2
3	Display Results	21	21	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	21	4.169	42861.8