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

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

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.

23 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
pests	7	59	3327	(None)
bests	7	59	3261	1	bests
fests	8	58	2804	1	fests
gests	6	60	2881	1	gests
hests	8	58	2993	1	hests
jests	12	59	2245	1	jests
nests	5	57	2800	1	nests
pasts	7	59	3650	1	pasts
peats	7	61	4019	1	peats
pelts	7	61	2881	1	pelts
pesos	7	72	2162	1	pesos
pest	6	55	5529	1	pest_
pesto	7	57	2372	1	pesto
pestos	8	47	1908	1	pestos
pesty	10	64	2171	1	pesty
pets	6	62	4833	1	pe_ts
posts	7	52	2878	1	posts
prests	8	40	2126	1	prests
rests	5	49	3587	1	rests
tests	5	65	3019	1	tests
vests	8	53	2598	1	vests
wests	8	57	2700	1	wests
zests	14	54	1974	1	zests

Search took 1 second 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	28756	0.126	1418182.5
2	DLD Change Limit	28756	23	0.466	61708.2
3	Display Results	23	23	0.016	1437.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	23	0.608	293899.7