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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “insteps” 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
insteps	9	3	657	(None)
instep	8	3	819	1	instep_
unsteps	9	3	621	1	unsteps
insets	6	40	1613	2	ins_ets
instals	7	6	1171	2	instals
instars	7	4	1111	2	instars
instead	8	3	620	2	instead
instils	7	8	1145	2	instils
inswept	12	4	573	2	inswept
inters	6	43	2804	2	in_ters
minsters	10	38	1391	2	minsters
missteps	12	15	614	2	missteps
steps	7	66	1988	2	__steps
unstep	8	3	922	2	unstep_
unstops	9	3	698	2	unstops
upsteps	11	3	374	2	upsteps

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	0.143	1249587.4
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	16	3.420	31482.7
3	Display Results	16	16	0.016	1000.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	16	3.579	49927.6