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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “contrabassist” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

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.

10 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
contrabassist	17	12	182	(None)
contrabassists	18	11	131	1	contrabassists
contrabandist	18	6	217	2	contrabandist
contrabasses	16	5	229	2	contrabasses_
contrabandists	19	7	146	3	contrabandists
contrabass	14	5	321	3	contraba_s_s_
contrabassoon	17	7	103	3	contrabassoon
contrabands	16	5	298	4	contraba_nds_
contrabassoons	18	7	87	4	contrabassoons
contrapuntist	17	6	276	4	contrapuntist

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	0.343	520965.0
2	DLD Change Limit	95024	10	4.766	19937.9
3	Display Results	10	10	0.013	769.2
	(SQL Overall)	178691	10	5.122	34887.0