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

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

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84 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
pestos	8	47	1908	(None)
cestos	8	47	1809	1	cestos
pesos	7	72	2162	1	pes_os
pesto	7	57	2372	1	pesto_
pests	7	59	3327	1	pest_s
prestos	9	37	1608	1	prestos
bentos	8	62	1830	2	bentos
besots	8	64	1545	2	besots
bestow	11	4	946	2	bestow
bestows	12	4	886	2	bestows
bests	7	59	3261	2	best_s
centos	8	59	2046	2	centos
cestas	8	50	1854	2	cestas
cestoi	8	45	1195	2	cestoi
cestus	8	44	1291	2	cestus
custos	8	40	1431	2	custos
estop	7	43	1210	2	_estop
estops	8	40	1122	2	_estops
fests	8	58	2804	2	fest_s
gestes	7	57	2139	2	gestes
gests	6	60	2881	2	gest_s
hests	8	58	2993	2	hest_s
jests	12	59	2245	2	jest_s
lentos	6	53	1740	2	lentos
lesbos	8	3	740	2	lesbos
nestor	6	37	1342	2	nestor
nestors	7	36	1497	2	nestors
nests	5	57	2800	2	nest_s
pantos	8	52	2274	2	pantos
paseos	8	80	1581	2	paseos
pastas	8	54	2287	2	pastas
pastes	8	52	3391	2	pastes
pastis	8	49	2432	2	pastis
pastor	8	48	1748	2	pastor
pastors	9	41	1900	2	pastors
pasts	7	59	3650	2	past_s
peats	7	61	4019	2	peat_s
pedros	9	3	1218	2	pedros
pelts	7	61	2881	2	pelt_s
pengos	9	46	1241	2	pengos
pentose	9	3	1159	2	pentose
peplos	10	12	1154	2	peplos
pepos	9	66	2008	2	pe_pos
pesetas	9	3	875	2	pesetas
peso	6	69	2582	2	pes_o_
pest	6	55	5529	2	pest__
pester	8	48	2759	2	pester
pesters	9	38	2709	2	pesters
pestle	8	32	1584	2	pestle
pestles	9	32	1769	2	pestles
pesty	10	64	2171	2	pest_y
pets	6	62	4833	2	pe_t_s
petto	7	60	2104	2	petto_
photos	11	33	1664	2	photos
pintos	8	60	2129	2	pintos
piscos	10	51	1259	2	piscos
pisos	7	60	2106	2	pis_os
pistes	8	53	2563	2	pistes
pistol	8	33	1333	2	pistol
pistols	9	32	1398	2	pistols
piston	8	35	1592	2	piston
pistons	9	30	1637	2	pistons
pistou	8	32	1184	2	pistou
pistous	9	27	1438	2	pistous
postop	10	5	1194	2	postop
postops	11	3	1171	2	postops
posts	7	52	2878	2	post_s
pottos	8	46	1587	2	pottos
presto	8	42	1620	2	presto_
prests	8	40	2126	2	prest_s
puntos	8	59	1579	2	puntos
rectos	8	57	1878	2	rectos
rests	5	49	3587	2	rest_s
sextos	13	40	1216	2	sextos
testes	6	51	2582	2	testes
testis	6	49	1671	2	testis
teston	6	3	1330	2	teston
testons	7	3	1356	2	testons
tests	5	65	3019	2	test_s
vestas	9	59	1668	2	vestas
vests	8	53	2598	2	vest_s
wests	8	57	2700	2	west_s
xystos	16	35	691	2	xystos
zests	14	54	1974	2	zest_s

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	82551	0.373	479064.3
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	84	4.346	18994.7
3	Display Results	84	84	0.030	2800.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	84	4.749	37627.1