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

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

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43 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
chasten	12	43	1240	(None)
chaste	11	46	1739	1	chaste_
chastens	13	42	918	1	chastens
chaster	12	47	1850	1	chaster
hasten	9	57	1856	1	_hasten
caste	7	59	3236	2	c_aste_
caster	8	52	3257	2	c_aster
castes	8	56	3186	2	c_astes
chanted	13	40	1595	2	chanted
chanter	12	39	1973	2	chanter
chantey	15	41	1254	2	chantey
chapmen	16	3	728	2	chapmen
chapter	14	42	1385	2	chapter
charted	13	51	1685	2	charted
charter	12	39	1830	2	charter
chase	10	51	2712	2	chas_e_
chased	12	50	1929	2	chas_ed
chaser	11	49	1838	2	chas_er
chases	11	51	2823	2	chas_es
chasmed	15	47	1017	2	chasmed
chasse	11	51	1460	2	chasse_
chassed	13	47	1213	2	chassed
chasses	12	40	1750	2	chasses
chastely	16	3	581	2	chastely
chastened	15	4	588	2	chastened
chastener	14	4	570	2	chastener
chastest	13	4	970	2	chastest
chatted	13	34	1189	2	chatted
chattel	12	38	889	2	chattel
chatter	12	44	1664	2	chatter
chazzen	20	21	478	2	chazzen
chested	13	38	1167	2	chested
chorten	12	28	1130	2	chorten
chosen	11	60	1413	2	chos_en
christen	13	10	670	2	christen
coasted	10	40	1595	2	coasted
coaster	9	42	1904	2	coaster
fasten	9	51	1489	2	_fasten
hapten	11	53	1298	2	_hapten
haste	8	59	2786	2	_haste_
hasted	10	51	2528	2	_hasted
hastens	10	62	1481	2	_hastens
hastes	9	57	2707	2	_hastes

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	107671	0.393	454684.5
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	43	3.593	29966.9
3	Display Results	43	43	0.016	2687.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	43	4.002	44650.4