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

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

20 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
costlier	10	3	852	(None)
coalier	9	34	1618	2	co_alier
collier	9	36	1815	2	co_llier
comelier	12	3	1065	2	comelier
complier	14	3	1025	2	complier
cosier	8	44	2376	2	cos__ier
coster	8	43	3129	2	cost__er
costliest	11	3	856	2	costliest
costumer	12	7	510	2	costumer
costumier	13	4	342	2	costumier
cottier	9	38	1417	2	co_ttier
courtlier	11	5	446	2	courtlier
couthier	13	21	891	2	couthier
ghostlier	13	4	334	2	ghostlier
hostler	10	34	1102	2	hostl_er
jostler	14	28	822	2	jostl_er
motlier	9	20	1058	2	mo_tlier
ostler	6	33	1219	2	_ostl_er
outlier	7	22	1614	2	_outlier
portlier	10	3	837	2	portlier

Search took 9 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	0.750	238254.7
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	20	7.596	15937.2
3	Display Results	20	20	0.013	1538.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	20	8.359	21377.1