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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “taintless” 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
taintless	9	3	573	(None)
tintless	8	23	986	1	t_intless
dauntless	10	3	366	2	dauntless
faintness	12	3	583	2	faintness
gainless	9	11	740	2	gain_less
jointless	16	3	432	2	jointless
lintless	8	27	1001	2	_lintless
painless	10	10	834	2	pain_less
pointless	11	3	570	2	pointless
printless	11	3	751	2	printless
rainless	8	12	970	2	rain_less
stainless	9	17	649	2	stain_less
tactless	10	28	846	2	ta_ctless
tailless	8	23	908	2	tai_lless
talentless	10	4	280	2	talentless
tankless	12	26	782	2	ta_nkless
tentless	8	22	984	2	t_entless
waistless	12	3	509	2	waistless

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	121436	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	121436	18	3.220	37713.0
3	Display Results	18	18	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	18	3.610	49498.9