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

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

25 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
fiesta	9	3	812	(None)
fiestas	10	3	843	1	fiestas
siesta	6	3	950	1	siesta
cesta	7	54	1948	2	_cesta
cuesta	8	3	851	2	cuesta
egesta	7	42	865	2	egesta
feist	8	62	3007	2	feist_
feists	9	49	1531	2	feists
feisty	12	44	929	2	feisty
fest	7	49	4944	2	f_est_
festal	9	42	1356	2	f_estal
fests	8	58	2804	2	f_ests
feta	7	65	2890	2	f_e_ta
finest	9	43	2173	2	finest_
first	8	62	2612	2	first_
firsts	9	51	1092	2	firsts
fist	7	62	4842	2	fi_st_
fists	8	55	2754	2	fi_sts
fliest	9	47	1843	2	fliest_
frusta	9	3	745	2	frusta
pieta	7	54	2175	2	pie_ta
siestas	7	3	881	2	siestas
testa	5	48	2204	2	_testa
vesta	8	66	1830	2	_vesta
vista	8	54	1660	2	vi_sta

Search took 3 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	82551	0.360	496363.9
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	25	2.483	33246.5
3	Display Results	25	25	0.016	1562.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	25	2.859	62501.2