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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “mainstream” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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.

20 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
mainstream	14	5	273	(None)
mainstreams	15	5	227	1	mainstreams
airstream	11	5	354	2	_airstream
mainstreamed	17	5	138	2	mainstreamed
midstream	14	4	357	2	m_idstream
airstreams	12	5	271	3	_airstreams
bitstream	13	4	258	3	_bitstream
downstream	16	5	203	3	downstream
hairstreak	17	5	218	3	hairstreak
mainstay	13	4	402	3	mainst__ay
mainstreaming	18	6	128	3	mainstream~~ing~~
mantram	11	40	1160	3	ma_n_tr_am
midstreams	15	4	257	3	m_idstreams
millstream	14	6	197	3	millstream
minstrel	10	4	691	3	m_instre_l
minstrels	11	4	569	3	m_instrels
mistreat	10	3	1311	3	m_i_streat
nonmainstream	17	7	89	3	~~non~~mainstream
onstream	10	4	511	3	__onstream
slipstream	14	5	194	3	slipstream

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	140603	0.423	422437.4
2	DLD Change Limit	140603	20	6.923	20309.5
3	Display Results	20	20	0.013	1538.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	20	7.359	24282.0