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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “cheerlessly” 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.

12 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
cheerlessly	19	5	208	(None)
cheerless	14	9	529	2	cheerless__
heedlessly	17	4	277	2	_heedlessly
carelessly	15	4	396	3	care_lessly
cheekless	18	7	388	3	cheekless__
colorlessly	16	5	222	3	colorlessly
fearlessly	16	4	313	3	_fearlessly
heartlessly	17	4	273	3	_heartlessly
helplessly	18	4	252	3	_helplessly
needlessly	14	4	290	3	_needlessly
powerlessly	19	5	198	3	powerlessly
sleeplessly	16	5	222	3	sleeplessly

Search took 6 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	121633	0.373	479064.3
2	DLD Change Limit	121633	12	5.346	22752.2
3	Display Results	12	12	0.013	923.1
	(SQL Overall)	178691	12	5.732	31174.3