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

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

18 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
cuestas	9	5	793	(None)
cestas	8	50	1854	1	c_estas
cuesta	8	3	851	1	cuesta_
caestus	9	4	777	2	caestus
celestas	10	5	708	2	celestas
centas	8	50	2070	2	c_entas
cesta	7	54	1948	2	c_esta_
cestos	8	47	1809	2	c_estos
cestus	8	44	1291	2	c_estus
chests	11	49	1626	2	chest_s
crestal	9	3	1213	2	crestal
crests	8	52	1870	2	crest_s
custos	8	40	1431	2	cu_stos
fiestas	10	3	843	2	fiestas
guests	7	43	1120	2	guest_s
quests	15	33	1035	2	quest_s
siestas	7	3	881	2	siestas
vestas	9	59	1668	2	_vestas

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	107671	0.140	1276364.3
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	18	3.250	33129.5
3	Display Results	18	18	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	18	3.390	52711.2