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

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

17 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
palaestra	11	4	279	(None)
palaestrae	12	5	235	1	palaestrae
palaestras	12	5	264	1	palaestras
palestra	10	4	589	1	pal_estra
palestrae	11	4	538	2	pal_estrae
palestral	11	4	532	2	pal_estral
palestras	11	4	572	2	pal_estras
claustra	10	4	352	3	_claustra
olestra	7	4	617	3	_ol_estra
palabra	11	3	719	3	pala__bra
palest	8	39	2622	3	pal_est__
paliest	9	30	2161	3	paliest__
palmistry	16	4	298	3	palmistry
palpebra	14	4	268	3	palpe_bra
plastral	10	4	691	3	p_la_stral
plectra	11	4	579	3	p_l_ectra
polestar	10	4	711	3	pol_estar

Search took 9 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	0.610	292936.1
2	DLD Change Limit	148641	17	8.060	18441.8
3	Display Results	17	17	0.016	1062.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	17	8.686	20572.3