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

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

16 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
footrest	11	30	885	(None)
footiest	11	35	1491	1	footiest
footrests	12	24	450	1	footrests
bookrest	14	3	649	2	bookrest
footers	10	46	1833	2	footers_
footies	10	37	2154	2	footies_
footles	10	37	1571	2	footles_
footless	11	37	1080	2	footless
forest	9	49	2674	2	f_o_rest
fortress	11	3	675	2	fortress
hootiest	11	31	1564	2	hootiest
poorest	9	3	1277	2	poo_rest
rootiest	8	31	1559	2	rootiest
soothest	11	33	1224	2	soothest
sootiest	8	40	1675	2	sootiest
zootiest	17	33	1121	2	zootiest

Search took 5 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	0.280	638182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	16	4.250	28484.5
3	Display Results	16	16	0.016	1000.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	16	4.546	39307.3