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

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

26 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
almost	8	10	1443	(None)
accost	10	11	1226	2	accost
aftmost	12	4	497	2	aftmost
alamos	8	4	1500	2	alamos_
aldose	7	3	1109	2	aldose
alist	5	61	3678	2	al_ist
allot	5	49	3387	2	allo_t
allots	6	40	1917	2	allots
almas	7	66	2977	2	almas_
almes	7	51	2654	2	almes_
almond	9	14	1043	2	almond
alms	6	58	3492	2	alm_s_
aloft	8	4	2343	2	al_oft
altoist	7	3	1339	2	altoist
altos	5	58	2295	2	altos_
ammos	9	48	1582	2	ammos_
amort	7	58	3220	2	a_mort
calmest	11	3	1234	2	calmest
glost	6	54	2293	2	gl_ost
inmost	8	4	1136	2	inmost
lamest	8	47	2276	2	lamest
lost	4	79	5149	2	_l_ost
most	6	65	5420	2	__most
palmist	11	28	1434	2	palmist
upmost	10	6	819	2	upmost
utmost	8	7	848	2	utmost

Search took 4 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	82551	0.203	880251.2
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	26	3.186	25910.5
3	Display Results	26	26	0.016	1625.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	26	3.405	52479.0