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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “blotless” 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
blotless	10	34	715	(None)
boltless	10	33	828	1	boltless
bootless	10	34	1098	1	bootless
plotless	10	25	679	1	plotless
beatless	10	33	1159	2	beatless
beltless	10	29	771	2	beltless
bloodless	12	3	451	2	bloodless
bloomless	13	4	296	2	bloomless
blotters	10	41	1098	2	blotters
boonless	10	32	835	2	boonless
bootlegs	11	32	587	2	bootlegs
bowless	12	33	1031	2	b_owless
browless	13	4	665	2	browless
footless	11	37	1080	2	footless
knotless	12	6	457	2	knotless
loftless	11	3	590	2	_loftless
pilotless	11	4	399	2	pilotless
rootless	8	39	1044	2	rootless
slitless	8	26	814	2	slitless
spotless	10	3	704	2	spotless

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	121059	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	20	3.296	36729.1
3	Display Results	20	20	0.016	1250.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	20	3.702	48268.8