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

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

14 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
stairless	9	18	562	(None)
stainless	9	17	649	1	stainless
starless	8	16	1084	1	sta_rless
airless	7	37	1204	2	__airless
hairless	11	5	741	2	_hairless
sailless	8	24	1037	2	s_ailless
scarless	10	18	905	2	sca_rless
stackless	15	5	593	2	stackless
staidness	10	3	703	2	staidness
stalkless	13	3	372	2	stalkless
stampless	13	3	454	2	stampless
starlets	8	16	1008	2	sta_rlets
stateless	9	3	756	2	stateless
tailless	8	23	908	2	_tailless

Search took 5 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	121436	0.500	357382.0
2	DLD Change Limit	121436	14	3.610	33638.8
3	Display Results	14	14	0.013	1076.9
	(SQL Overall)	178691	14	4.123	43340.0