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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “leastwise” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

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.

15 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
leastwise	12	4	206	(None)
coastwise	14	6	302	2	coastwise
beastie	9	24	1243	3	beast_i_e
beasties	10	25	1465	3	beast_ies
chastise	13	4	817	3	chast_ise
elastase	8	4	564	3	elast_ase
fesswise	14	4	235	3	fe_sswise
flatwise	14	4	397	3	fla_twise
lealties	8	3	1079	3	lealt_ies
leasts	6	46	1641	3	least__s_
leastways	15	4	231	3	leastways
lengthwise	17	5	143	3	lengthwise
slantwise	12	4	263	3	slantwise
weftwise	17	4	181	3	we_ftwise
yeastlike	16	7	299	3	yeastlike

Search took 8 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	148641	0.156	1145455.1
2	DLD Change Limit	148641	15	7.330	20278.4
3	Display Results	15	15	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	15	7.486	23870.0