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

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

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
scaleless	11	3	551	(None)
careless	10	28	1363	2	_careless
saltless	8	25	934	2	s_altless
scaliness	11	4	930	2	scaliness
scarless	10	18	905	2	sca_rless
scatheless	15	4	292	2	scatheless
scoreless	11	5	560	2	scoreless
shadeless	13	3	573	2	shadeless
shameless	14	3	592	2	shameless
shapeless	14	3	556	2	shapeless
smileless	11	3	469	2	smileless
soleless	8	9	1003	2	s_oleless
spaceless	13	3	573	2	spaceless
staleness	9	3	1078	2	staleness
stalkless	13	3	372	2	stalkless
stateless	9	3	756	2	stateless
styleless	12	4	341	2	styleless

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	0.393	454684.5
2	DLD Change Limit	121436	17	3.796	31990.5
3	Display Results	17	17	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	17	4.189	42657.2