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

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

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
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11 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
hopelessnesses	18	14	701	(None)
homelessnesses	18	13	747	1	homelessnesses
haplessnesses	17	4	725	2	hap_lessnesses
hopelessness	17	4	575	2	hopelessne_s_s
hornlessnesses	16	5	627	2	hornlessnesses
houselessnesses	16	6	567	2	houselessnesses
lovelessnesses	16	4	699	2	lovelessnesses
movelessnesses	18	4	674	2	movelessnesses
shapelessnesses	18	15	629	2	shapelessnesses
tonelessnesses	13	13	765	2	tonelessnesses
toplessnesses	14	4	658	2	top_lessnesses

Search took 2 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	27383	0.283	631417.0
2	DLD Change Limit	27383	11	0.763	35888.6
3	Display Results	11	11	0.016	687.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	11	1.062	168258.9