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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “characterless” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

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
characterless	20	6	142	(None)
characteries	19	7	496	2	characterie_s
charactered	19	5	287	3	character_e_d
characterizes	29	6	285	3	characterizes
characters	17	4	550	3	character___s
character	16	4	588	4	character____
characterful	22	6	147	4	character_ful
charactering	20	5	371	4	character_ing
characterize	28	6	325	4	character_ize
characterized	30	6	237	4	characterized
charactery	20	4	342	4	character___y
charcuteries	19	9	315	4	charcuterie_s
charterers	15	14	605	4	char__ter_ers
chartless	14	3	570	4	char__t__less
craterlets	12	4	350	4	c__ra_terlets

Search took 7 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	95024	0.106	1685764.2
2	DLD Change Limit	95024	15	6.376	14903.4
3	Display Results	15	15	0.016	937.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	15	6.498	27499.4