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

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

17 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
epistoler	11	4	374	(None)
epistler	10	4	483	1	epist_ler
epistolers	12	4	318	1	epistolers
epistle	9	5	789	2	epist_le_
epistlers	11	5	411	2	epist_lers
epistles	10	4	778	2	epist_les
epistolary	15	5	229	2	epistolary
epistome	12	4	626	2	epistome_
epistomes	13	4	601	2	epistomes
epistyle	13	6	407	2	epistyle_
epistyles	14	5	414	2	epistyles
pistole	9	24	1431	2	_pistole_
pistoled	11	25	959	2	_pistoled
pistoleer	11	4	431	2	_pistoleer
pistolero	11	6	364	2	_pistolero
pistoles	10	25	1472	2	_pistoles
pistolier	11	4	638	2	_pistolier

Search took 7 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	121436	0.656	272394.8
2	DLD Change Limit	121436	17	5.420	22405.2
3	Display Results	17	17	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	17	6.076	29409.3