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

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

16 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
giftless	12	4	517	(None)
riftless	11	3	694	1	riftless
giftees	11	30	651	2	gift_ees
guiltless	10	4	302	2	guiltless
gustless	9	28	768	2	gustless
gutless	8	26	1071	2	g_utless
hiltless	11	29	712	2	hiltless
hitless	10	32	1119	2	hi_tless
lifeless	11	22	814	2	lifeless
lintless	8	27	1001	2	lintless
listless	8	26	926	2	listless
loftless	11	3	590	2	loftless
shiftless	15	26	530	2	shiftless
tintless	8	23	986	2	tintless
wifeless	14	27	748	2	wifeless
witless	10	33	1098	2	wi_tless

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	0.843	211970.3
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	16	4.096	29555.4
3	Display Results	16	16	0.013	1230.8
	(SQL Overall)	178691	16	4.952	36084.6