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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “pithless” 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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17 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
pithless	13	11	702	(None)
pathless	13	13	804	1	pathless
pitiless	10	12	733	1	pitiless
bathless	13	12	738	2	bathless
faithless	15	4	390	2	faithless
fishless	14	3	641	2	fishless
hitless	10	32	1119	2	hit_less
mirthless	14	4	335	2	mirthless
nathless	11	12	702	2	nathless
pileless	10	8	862	2	pileless
pipeless	12	10	766	2	pipeless
pithiest	13	27	1144	2	pithiest
pithiness	14	3	756	2	pithiness
ruthless	11	3	541	2	ruthless
sighless	12	7	655	2	sighless
wishless	14	3	599	2	wishless
witless	10	33	1098	2	wit_less

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	0.373	479064.3
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	17	3.423	35366.3
3	Display Results	17	17	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	17	3.796	47073.5