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

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

12 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
pestered	11	28	1497	1	pestered
pesterer	10	24	1271	1	pesterer
festered	12	25	1211	2	festered
peltered	11	25	1045	2	peltered
pester	8	48	2759	2	pester__
pesterers	11	25	1046	2	pesterers
pesters	9	38	2709	2	pester_s
petered	10	33	1497	2	pe_tered
pewterer	13	25	631	2	pewterer
sesterce	10	4	711	2	sesterce
westered	12	25	1187	2	westered
yestereve	15	4	313	2	yestereve

Search took 5 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	121059	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	12	3.983	30393.9
3	Display Results	12	12	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	12	4.373	40862.3