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

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

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
normless	10	23	592	(None)
formless	13	24	808	1	formless
gormless	11	23	544	1	gormless
armless	9	36	994	2	_armless
cordless	11	29	996	2	cordless
coreless	10	30	1383	2	coreless
foamless	13	19	584	2	foamless
fordless	12	28	900	2	fordless
forkless	15	26	743	2	forkless
harmless	13	3	740	2	harmless
hornless	11	3	736	2	hornless
loamless	10	23	521	2	loamless
lordless	9	27	748	2	lordless
noseless	8	3	951	2	noseless
noteless	8	3	940	2	noteless
nounless	8	3	725	2	nounless
orbless	9	3	749	2	_orbless
portless	10	3	1064	2	portless
termless	10	3	623	2	termless
wordless	12	25	884	2	wordless
workless	15	27	680	2	workless

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	0.420	425454.8
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	21	3.516	34430.9
3	Display Results	21	21	0.013	1615.4
	(SQL Overall)	178691	21	3.949	45249.7