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

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

22 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
newsdesk	16	4	173	(None)
newsdesks	17	5	139	1	newsdesks
newsies	10	13	1038	2	newsies_
newsiest	11	10	748	2	newsiest
newsless	11	3	453	2	newsless
newspeak	17	4	256	2	newspeak
lewdest	11	3	628	3	lew_dest
nesses	6	47	1832	3	ne_sses_
newbies	12	14	742	3	newbies_
newest	9	3	1421	3	new__est
newies	9	10	1407	3	new_ies_
newness	10	3	570	3	new_ness
newsbeat	13	4	362	3	newsbeat
newsbreak	18	5	201	3	newsbreak
newscast	13	4	343	3	newscast
newshawk	21	7	181	3	newshawk
newsie	9	13	821	3	newsie__
newsier	10	14	722	3	newsie_r
newsiness	12	3	603	3	newsiness
newsmen	12	3	589	3	newsme_n
newspeaks	18	4	239	3	newspeaks
newsreel	11	4	286	3	newsreel

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	146162	0.423	422437.4
2	DLD Change Limit	146162	22	7.266	20115.9
3	Display Results	22	22	0.013	1692.3
	(SQL Overall)	178691	22	7.702	23200.6