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

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

15 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
shadeless	13	3	573	(None)
shameless	14	3	592	1	shameless
shapeless	14	3	556	1	shapeless
bladeless	12	3	430	2	bladeless
chadless	14	3	640	2	chad_less
fadeless	12	25	832	2	_fadeless
gradeless	11	23	670	2	gradeless
hideless	12	27	871	2	_hideless
scaleless	11	3	551	2	scaleless
shadiness	13	3	746	2	shadiness
shadowless	17	4	209	2	shadowless
shoeless	11	3	780	2	sh_oeless
shoreless	12	3	663	2	shoreless
spaceless	13	3	573	2	spaceless
stateless	9	3	756	2	stateless

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	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	121436	15	3.610	33638.8
3	Display Results	15	15	0.016	937.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	15	4.016	44494.8