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

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

21 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
lamisters	11	5	712	(None)
lamister	10	3	765	1	lamister_
lamsters	10	9	975	1	lam_sters
banisters	11	18	947	2	banisters
canisters	11	23	1019	2	canisters
demisters	12	4	920	2	demisters
gamesters	12	3	673	2	gamesters
ganisters	10	24	831	2	ganisters
hamsters	13	7	1042	2	ham_sters
lamenters	11	3	768	2	lamenters
lamster	9	10	991	2	lam_ster_
lasters	7	56	2769	2	la__sters
lavishers	15	6	464	2	lavishers
leisters	8	33	1282	2	l_eisters
limiters	10	24	933	2	limi_ters
listers	7	40	2653	2	l__isters
magisters	12	3	580	2	magisters
misters	9	39	2751	2	__misters
palmisters	14	4	467	2	palmisters
plaisters	11	3	781	2	pla_isters
waisters	11	38	1152	2	wa_isters

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	121436	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	121436	21	3.563	34082.5
3	Display Results	21	21	0.016	1312.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	21	3.969	45021.7