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

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

16 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
pointless	11	3	570	(None)
jointless	16	3	432	1	jointless
printless	11	3	751	1	printless
countless	11	4	637	2	countless
jointress	16	4	305	2	jointress
lintless	8	27	1001	2	_lintless
painless	10	10	834	2	pain_less
pintles	9	41	1872	2	p_intle_s
poetless	10	3	872	2	po_etless
pointers	10	30	1372	2	point_ers
pointes	9	32	1675	2	point_e_s
pointiest	11	3	962	2	pointiest
pointlessly	16	6	294	2	pointlessly
portless	10	3	1064	2	po_rtless
taintless	9	3	573	2	taintless
tintless	8	23	986	2	_tintless

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	121436	0.716	249568.4
2	DLD Change Limit	121436	16	3.626	33490.3
3	Display Results	16	16	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	16	4.342	41154.1