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

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

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66 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
sightlessness	16	5	415	(None)
sightlessnesses	17	5	503	2	sightlessnesses
weightlessness	21	6	242	2	weightlessness
gutlessness	12	4	601	3	__gutlessness
limitlessness	15	5	334	3	limitlessness
listlessness	11	4	582	3	li_stlessness
shiftlessness	18	5	400	3	shiftlessness
sightliness	15	7	456	3	sightl__iness
sinlessness	10	4	672	3	si__nlessness
spiritlessness	15	8	256	3	spiritlessness
spotlessness	13	4	532	3	s_potlessness
witlessness	14	4	626	3	wi__tlessness
agelessness	12	4	608	4	_ag_elessness
aimlessness	13	4	567	4	ai__mlessness
airlessness	11	4	626	4	ai__rlessness
artlessness	11	4	644	4	__artlessness
bootlessness	14	4	545	4	_bootlessness
dauntlessness	14	5	377	4	dauntlessness
deathlessness	17	5	432	4	deathlessness
doubtlessness	16	5	407	4	doubtlessness
faithlessness	19	5	397	4	faith_lessness
faultlessness	16	5	394	4	faultlessness
footlessness	15	4	561	4	_footlessness
fruitlessness	16	5	419	4	fruitlessness
godlessness	13	5	543	4	__godlessness
guiltlessness	14	5	377	4	guiltlessness
heartlessness	16	6	517	4	heartlessness
lifelessness	15	4	529	4	li_felessness
lightfastness	20	6	131	4	lightfastness
lightnesses	15	4	614	4	lightness_e_s
mindlessness	15	5	485	4	mi_ndlessness
pathlessness	17	5	490	4	path_lessness
pitilessness	14	7	452	4	pi_tilessness
plotlessness	14	4	508	4	_plotlessness
pointlessness	15	5	461	4	pointlessness
resistlessness	12	8	260	4	resi_stlessness
restlessness	11	4	651	4	_restlessness
righteousness	17	6	393	4	righteousness
rightnesses	15	4	623	4	rightness_e_s
rootlessness	12	4	561	4	_rootlessness
ruthlessness	15	5	431	4	ruth_lessness
saplessness	12	4	598	4	s__aplessness
seamlessness	13	5	590	4	s_eamlessness
selflessness	14	4	459	4	s_elflessness
senselessness	11	5	473	4	senselessness
sexlessness	17	4	531	4	s__exlessness
shamelessness	17	5	496	4	shamelessness
shapelessness	17	5	496	4	shapelessness
sightless	13	8	592	4	sightl____ess
sightlessly	18	5	261	4	sightless__ly
sightlines	14	6	575	4	sightl__ine_s
sightlinesses	17	4	386	4	sightliness_e_s
skillessness	15	5	423	4	s_killessness
sleeplessness	14	5	355	4	sleeplessness
slightnesses	16	5	462	4	slightness_e_s
soullessness	11	4	554	4	s_oullessness
spinelessness	14	5	440	4	spinelessness
statelessness	12	5	514	4	statelessness
stylelessness	15	5	341	4	stylelessness
tactlessness	14	4	541	4	_tactlessness
thoughtlessness	22	7	133	4	thoughtlessness
tightnesses	15	6	558	4	tightness_e_s
timelessness	14	4	578	4	ti_melessness
tirelessness	12	4	593	4	ti_relessness
winglessness	16	5	432	4	wi_nglessness
worthlessness	19	5	365	4	worthlessness

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	95024	0.356	501941.0
2	DLD Change Limit	95024	66	4.250	22358.6
3	Display Results	66	66	0.046	1434.8
	(SQL Overall)	178691	66	4.652	38411.7