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

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

23 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
cloister	10	3	709	(None)
cloisters	11	3	743	1	cloisters
blister	9	44	1531	2	bl_ister
canister	10	17	1085	2	canister
chorister	14	8	714	2	chorister
cloistered	13	4	451	2	cloistered
closer	8	49	1820	2	clo_s_er
clouter	9	35	1169	2	clo_uter
cluster	9	40	1333	2	cl_uster
clyster	12	31	745	2	cl_yster
coaster	9	42	1904	2	c_oaster
cointer	9	36	1672	2	c_ointer
coster	8	43	3129	2	c_o_ster
glister	8	40	1334	2	gl_ister
hoister	10	37	1420	2	_hoister
klister	11	34	1064	2	kl_ister
leister	7	32	1275	2	_leister
lister	6	45	2725	2	_l_ister
lobster	9	28	885	2	_lobster
loiter	6	46	1917	2	_loi_ter
moister	9	40	1537	2	_moister
plaister	10	6	801	2	plaister
roister	7	35	1620	2	_roister

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	121059	0.393	454684.5
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	23	3.936	30756.9
3	Display Results	23	23	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	23	4.329	41277.7