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

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

20 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
shoreless	12	3	663	(None)
scoreless	11	5	560	1	scoreless
shoeless	11	3	780	1	sho_eless
coreless	10	30	1383	2	_coreless
holeless	11	8	936	2	_holeless
homeless	13	11	1014	2	_homeless
hopeless	13	11	830	2	_hopeless
hornless	11	3	736	2	_hornless
horseless	12	3	722	2	_horseless
shadeless	13	3	573	2	shadeless
shameless	14	3	592	2	shameless
shapeless	14	3	557	2	shapeless
shirtless	12	26	641	2	shirtless
shortness	12	3	673	2	shortness
shovelers	15	17	494	2	shovelers
showerless	16	4	254	2	showerless
smokeless	15	4	355	2	smokeless
soleless	8	9	1003	2	s_oleless
soreness	8	9	1479	2	s_oreness
thornless	12	4	363	2	thornless

Search took 9 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	20	7.860	15449.9
3	Display Results	20	20	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	20	8.250	21659.5