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

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

19 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
lascar	8	6	857	(None)
lascars	9	7	901	1	lascars
calcar	10	3	1275	2	calcar
cascara	11	3	831	2	cascara
escar	7	40	1199	2	_escar
flatcar	12	7	461	2	flatcar
lacer	7	58	3375	2	la_cer
lahar	8	31	1426	2	la_har
laical	8	3	1232	2	laical
lancer	8	43	1997	2	lancer
laser	5	46	3332	2	las_er
lasher	9	48	2453	2	lasher
lashkar	14	4	370	2	lashkar
laster	6	48	3063	2	laster
lazar	14	41	1364	2	la_zar
mascara	11	3	802	2	mascara
pascal	10	8	1237	2	pascal
rascal	8	5	1112	2	rascal
scar	6	64	3420	2	__scar

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	0.123	1452772.4
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	19	2.736	30172.1
3	Display Results	19	19	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	19	2.859	62501.2