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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “stalkless” 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
stalkless	13	3	372	(None)
stackless	15	5	593	1	stackless
saltless	8	25	934	2	s_altless
scaleless	11	3	551	2	scaleless
stainless	9	17	649	2	stainless
stairless	9	18	562	2	stairless
staleness	9	3	1078	2	staleness
stalkers	12	36	985	2	stalk_ers
stalkiest	13	4	790	2	stalkiest
stampless	13	3	454	2	stampless
starkness	13	3	596	2	starkness
starless	8	16	1084	2	sta_rless
stateless	9	3	756	2	stateless
styleless	12	4	341	2	styleless
tackless	14	41	948	2	_tackless
tankless	12	26	782	2	_tankless

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	0.140	1276364.3
2	DLD Change Limit	121436	16	3.406	35653.6
3	Display Results	16	16	0.016	1000.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	16	3.562	50165.9