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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “worthlessness” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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64 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
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(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
worthlessness	19	5	365	(None)
wordlessness	16	4	471	2	wor_dlessness
worklessness	19	5	410	2	wor_klessness
worthlessnesses	20	5	455	2	worthlessnesses
artlessness	11	4	643	3	_art_lessness
bootlessness	14	4	545	3	boot_lessness
deathlessness	17	5	432	3	deathlessness
faithlessness	19	5	397	3	faithlessness
footlessness	15	4	561	3	foot_lessness
formlessness	17	4	471	3	for_mlessness
hornlessness	15	4	516	3	hor_nlessness
pathlessness	17	5	490	3	_pathlessness
rootlessness	12	4	561	3	root_lessness
ruthlessness	15	5	431	3	_ruthlessness
witlessness	14	4	626	3	w_it_lessness
airlessness	11	4	625	4	air__lessness
bottomlessness	18	9	140	4	bottomlessness
boundlessness	16	5	404	4	boundlessness
breathlessness	19	5	279	4	breathlessness
carelessness	14	4	654	4	car_elessness
colorlessness	15	5	390	4	colorlessness
doubtlessness	16	5	407	4	doubtlessness
effortlessness	20	6	189	4	effort_lessness
foodlessness	16	4	474	4	fo_odlessness
godlessness	13	5	543	4	go__dlessness
gutlessness	12	4	601	4	_gut_lessness
harmlessness	17	4	505	4	har_mlessness
heartlessness	16	6	517	4	heart_lessness
homelessness	17	4	610	4	ho_melessness
hopelessness	17	4	575	4	ho_pelessness
houselessness	15	10	492	4	houselessness
joblessness	20	4	481	4	jo__blessness
joylessness	21	4	429	4	jo__ylessness
listlessness	11	4	582	4	list_lessness
lovelessness	15	4	573	4	lo_velessness
mercilessness	17	5	346	4	mercilessness
motherlessness	19	5	223	4	mo_therlessness
movelessness	17	4	530	4	mo_velessness
nervelessness	16	5	372	4	nervelessness
pitilessness	14	7	452	4	_pitilessness
plotlessness	14	4	508	4	plot_lessness
pointlessness	15	5	461	4	pointlessness
powerlessness	18	5	319	4	powerlessness
raylessness	14	4	511	4	__raylessness
restlessness	11	4	651	4	rest_lessness
sightlessness	16	5	415	4	sightlessness
soullessness	11	4	554	4	so_ullessness
spotlessness	13	4	532	4	spot_lessness
statelessness	12	5	514	4	statelessness
tactlessness	14	4	541	4	tact_lessness
tastelessness	12	5	419	4	tastelessness
tirelessness	12	4	593	4	tir_elessness
tonelessness	12	4	624	4	to_nelessness
toplessness	13	4	540	4	to__plessness
voicelessness	18	5	406	4	voicelessness
waterlessness	16	5	385	4	waterlessness
weightlessness	21	6	242	4	weightlessness
winglessness	16	5	432	4	w_inglessness
wordlessnesses	17	7	587	4	wor_dlessnesses
worklessnesses	20	12	548	4	wor_klessnesses
worthiness	16	4	591	4	worth___iness
worthinesses	18	4	576	4	worthiness_e_s
worthless	15	4	492	4	worthl____ess
worthlessly	20	5	236	4	worthless__ly

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	95024	0.360	496363.9
2	DLD Change Limit	95024	64	5.110	18595.7
3	Display Results	64	64	0.046	1391.3
	(SQL Overall)	178691	64	5.516	32395.0