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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “thawless” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
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21 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
thawless	14	3	408	(None)
thewless	14	3	392	1	thewless
thowless	14	3	461	1	thowless
awless	9	3	926	2	__awless
chadless	14	3	640	2	chadless
clawless	13	3	412	2	clawless
flawless	14	3	450	2	flawless
hapless	12	33	1133	2	_hapless
hatless	10	38	1344	2	_hatless
jawless	17	4	565	2	_jawless
lawless	10	3	703	2	_lawless
taxless	14	3	690	2	t_axless
tearless	8	4	871	2	tearless
thalers	10	62	1226	2	tha_lers
thalwegs	15	4	162	2	thalwegs
thankless	16	3	320	2	thankless
thawers	13	42	848	2	thaw_ers
toadless	9	3	631	2	toadless
tramless	10	3	750	2	tramless
trawlers	11	33	1020	2	trawlers
trawleys	14	28	438	2	trawleys

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	0.156	1145455.1
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	21	3.953	30624.6
3	Display Results	21	21	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	21	4.109	43487.7