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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “shameless” 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
shameless	14	3	592	(None)
shadeless	13	3	573	1	shadeless
shapeless	14	3	556	1	shapeless
blameless	13	3	473	2	blameless
fameless	13	25	920	2	_fameless
flameless	14	3	535	2	flameless
frameless	14	3	553	2	frameless
homeless	13	11	1013	2	_homeless
nameless	10	24	837	2	_nameless
rhymeless	17	4	167	2	rhymeless
sameness	10	27	1268	2	s_ameness
scaleless	11	3	551	2	scaleless
seamless	10	23	872	2	seam_less
shambles	15	15	904	2	shamble_s
shamelessly	19	6	241	2	shamelessly
shoeless	11	3	780	2	sh_oeless
shoreless	12	3	663	2	shoreless
spaceless	13	3	573	2	spaceless
stampless	13	3	454	2	stampless
stateless	9	3	756	2	stateless
tameless	10	25	990	2	_tameless

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	121436	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	121436	21	3.220	37713.0
3	Display Results	21	21	0.016	1312.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	21	3.626	49280.5