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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “lascars” 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
lascars	9	7	901	(None)
lascar	8	6	857	1	lascar_
ascaris	9	36	1332	2	_ascaris
calcars	11	3	1265	2	calcars
cascara	11	3	831	2	cascara
cascaras	12	3	770	2	cascaras
escars	8	39	1313	2	_escars
flatcars	13	4	462	2	flatcars
lacers	8	52	2525	2	la_cers
lahars	9	40	1316	2	la_hars
lancers	9	36	1664	2	lancers
lasers	6	49	2570	2	las_ers
lashers	10	41	2183	2	lashers
lashkars	15	4	367	2	lashkars
lasters	7	56	2769	2	lasters
lazars	15	38	1239	2	la_zars
mascara	11	3	802	2	mascara
mascaras	12	3	769	2	mascaras
pascals	11	6	1001	2	pascals
rascals	9	5	966	2	rascals
scars	7	54	3353	2	__scars

Search took 6 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	0.376	475242.0
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	21	4.810	22384.8
3	Display Results	21	21	0.016	1312.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	21	5.202	34350.4