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

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

14 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
costrels	10	3	893	(None)
coistrels	11	4	526	1	coistrels
costrel	9	3	1037	1	costrel_
coistrel	10	4	674	2	coistrel_
coistrils	11	4	642	2	coistrils
controls	10	3	1139	2	controls
costers	9	41	2833	2	cost_ers
costless	10	3	1000	2	costless
dottrels	9	6	349	2	dottrels
hostels	10	37	1232	2	host_els
kestrels	12	3	581	2	kestrels
nostrils	8	4	818	2	nostrils
poitrels	10	3	524	2	poitrels
wastrels	11	3	620	2	wastrels

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	121059	0.470	380193.6
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	14	3.470	34887.3
3	Display Results	14	14	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	14	3.940	45353.0