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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “pillarless” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

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.

14 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
pillarless	12	4	254	(None)
collarless	12	4	307	2	collarless
pileless	10	8	862	3	pi_l_eless
pilgarlics	15	5	137	3	pilgarlics
pillagers	12	27	692	3	pilla_gers
pillages	11	30	1261	3	pilla_ge_s
pillared	11	22	809	3	pillar_e_d
pillars	9	3	1349	3	pillar___s
pillories	11	8	957	3	pillorie_s
pilotless	11	4	399	3	pi_lotless
planless	10	3	681	3	p__lanless
playless	13	3	486	3	p__layless
pleatless	11	3	461	3	p_leatless
villainess	13	4	384	3	villainess

Search took 7 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	140603	0.423	422437.4
2	DLD Change Limit	140603	14	6.186	22729.2
3	Display Results	14	14	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	14	6.609	27037.5