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

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

23 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
roofless	11	31	673	(None)
hoofless	14	25	801	1	hoofless
rootless	8	39	1044	1	rootless
boonless	10	32	835	2	boonless
bootless	10	34	1098	2	bootless
broodless	12	3	503	2	broodless
cookless	14	25	863	2	cookless
doorless	9	3	671	2	doorless
foodless	12	33	838	2	foodless
footless	11	37	1080	2	footless
hoodless	12	28	973	2	hoodless
hookless	15	123	836	2	hookless
hoopless	13	27	926	2	hoopless
moonless	10	27	804	2	moonless
roadless	9	3	770	2	roadless
rockless	14	29	729	2	rockless
rodless	8	3	1007	2	r_odless
roofers	10	50	1390	2	roof_ers
roofies	10	30	1441	2	roofie_s
rootles	7	32	1563	2	rootle_s
rootlets	8	30	865	2	rootlets
toolless	8	3	634	2	toolless
woodless	12	27	845	2	woodless

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	121059	0.376	475242.0
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	23	3.843	31501.2
3	Display Results	23	23	0.016	1437.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	23	4.235	42193.9