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

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

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.

22 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
bridgeless	14	5	215	(None)
badgeless	13	4	320	2	b_adgeless
brineless	11	3	623	2	bri_neless
bladeless	12	3	430	3	blad_eless
brakeless	15	4	499	3	br_akeless
breezeless	21	4	169	3	breezeless
bridgehead	18	7	144	3	bridgehead
bridgeheads	19	9	132	3	bridgeheads
bridges	11	39	1133	3	bridg__e_s
bridlers	11	35	918	3	brid__lers
bridles	10	41	1447	3	brid__le_s
briefless	14	4	361	3	bri_efless
brimless	12	3	527	3	bri__mless
crimeless	13	3	506	3	cri_meless
edgeless	10	3	488	3	__edgeless
gradeless	11	23	670	3	grad_eless
guideless	11	4	384	3	guid_eless
hideless	12	27	871	3	_hid_eless
priceless	13	3	688	3	pri_celess
riderless	10	4	490	3	_riderless
ridgels	9	34	802	3	_ridgel__s
tideless	9	26	908	3	_tid_eless

Search took 8 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	140603	0.153	1167915.0
2	DLD Change Limit	140603	22	7.050	19943.7
3	Display Results	22	22	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	22	7.203	24807.9