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

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

13 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
pitiless	10	12	733	(None)
pithless	13	11	702	1	pithless
hitless	10	32	1119	2	hit_less
pathless	13	13	804	2	pathless
pileless	10	8	862	2	pileless
pipeless	12	10	766	2	pipeless
pipiness	12	3	800	2	pipiness
pithiness	14	3	756	2	pithiness
pitiers	9	38	1265	2	piti_ers
pities	8	38	2808	2	piti_e_s
pitilessly	15	4	288	2	pitilessly
pixiness	17	3	609	2	pixiness
witless	10	33	1098	2	wit_less

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	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	13	3.780	32026.2
3	Display Results	13	13	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	13	4.170	42851.6