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

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

11 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
postmark	16	4	543	(None)
ostmark	13	4	487	1	_ostmark
postmarks	17	4	475	1	postmarks
costmary	15	4	505	2	costmary
footmark	17	4	383	2	footmark
ostmarks	14	4	389	2	_ostmarks
pockmark	17	4	340	2	pockmark
postcard	13	4	652	2	postcard
postman	11	24	1004	2	postma_n
postmarked	19	4	319	2	postmarked
postwar	12	3	690	2	postwar_

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	0.376	475242.0
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	11	3.733	32429.4
3	Display Results	11	11	0.016	687.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	11	4.125	43319.0