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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “thoughtlessnessa” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

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.

9 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
thoughtlessness	22	7	133	1	thoughtlessness_
doubtlessness	16	5	407	5	_dou_btlessness_
houselessness	15	10	492	5	_hou_selessness_
sightlessness	16	5	415	5	__sightlessness_
thoughtfulness	24	8	162	5	thought_fulness_
thoughtless	18	5	169	5	thoughtl____ess_
thoughtlessly	23	6	97	5	thoughtle_s__sly
thriftlessness	20	6	225	5	th_riftlessness_
weightlessness	21	6	242	5	_weightlessness_

Search took 3 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	43548	0.326	548131.9
2	DLD Change Limit	43548	9	2.580	16879.1
3	Display Results	9	9	0.013	692.3
	(SQL Overall)	178691	9	2.919	61216.5