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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “powerlessness” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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.

12 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
powerlessness	18	5	319	(None)
powerlessnesses	19	5	449	2	powerlessnesses
cheerlessness	18	5	370	3	cheerlessness
colorlessness	15	5	390	3	colorlessness
homelessness	17	4	610	3	home_lessness
hopelessness	17	4	575	3	hope_lessness
lovelessness	15	4	573	3	love_lessness
motherlessness	19	5	223	3	motherlessness
movelessness	17	4	530	3	move_lessness
pointlessness	15	5	461	3	pointlessness
tonelessness	12	4	624	3	tone_lessness
waterlessness	16	5	385	3	waterlessness

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	65874	0.326	548131.9
2	DLD Change Limit	65874	12	2.783	23670.1
3	Display Results	12	12	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	12	3.109	57475.4