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

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

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
less	4	56	3510	(None)
bless	7	59	1781	1	bless
cess	6	53	2605	1	cess
ess	3	60	3088	1	_ess
fess	7	65	2916	1	fess
jess	11	60	2203	1	jess
lass	4	74	4454	1	lass
leas	4	59	5418	1	leas
lees	4	54	5588	1	lees
legs	5	61	3369	1	legs
leis	4	57	3960	1	leis
leks	8	54	2760	1	leks
lens	4	61	4649	1	lens
les	3	56	6307	1	le_s
leses	5	49	3081	1	leses
lest	4	69	5632	1	lest
lets	4	71	4794	1	lets
leys	7	64	3018	1	leys
loess	5	57	1470	1	loess
loss	4	53	3796	1	loss
mess	6	59	3243	1	mess
ness	4	55	2656	1	ness

Search took 1 second 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	13983	0.063	2836365.1
2	DLD Change Limit	13983	22	0.266	52567.7
3	Display Results	22	22	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	22	0.329	543133.7