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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “thowless” 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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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
thowless	14	3	461	(None)
thawless	14	3	408	1	thawless
thewless	14	3	392	1	thewless
bowless	12	33	1031	2	_bowless
browless	13	4	665	2	browless
howlers	13	33	1235	2	_howlers
howlets	13	32	922	2	_howlets
shoeless	11	3	780	2	shoeless
snowless	11	4	563	2	snowless
tholes	9	49	1978	2	tho_le_s
thornless	12	4	363	2	thornless
toeless	7	26	1239	2	t_oeless
toolless	8	3	634	2	toolless
topless	9	25	1112	2	t_opless
townless	11	3	565	2	t_ownless
toyless	10	26	871	2	t_oyless
vowless	13	24	660	2	_vowless

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	121059	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	17	3.470	34887.3
3	Display Results	17	17	0.016	1062.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	17	3.876	46101.9