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

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

18 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
ruthless	11	3	541	(None)
truthless	12	4	403	1	truthless
bathless	13	12	738	2	bathless
brushless	14	4	400	2	brushless
bushless	13	3	581	2	bushless
gutless	8	26	1071	2	gut_less
mouthless	14	4	471	2	mouthless
nathless	11	12	702	2	nathless
outbless	10	3	796	2	outbless
pathless	13	13	804	2	pathless
pithless	13	11	702	2	pithless
ruleless	8	3	663	2	ruleless
rumpless	12	25	654	2	rumpless
rungless	9	5	673	2	rungless
runless	7	28	1042	2	ru_nless
rustless	8	35	1024	2	rustless
ruthlessly	16	5	274	2	ruthlessly
rutiles	7	43	1584	2	rutile_s

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	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	18	3.813	31749.0
3	Display Results	18	18	0.016	1125.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	18	4.219	42353.9