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

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

24 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
postured	11	3	949	(None)
pastured	11	3	823	1	pastured
posture	9	3	1325	1	posture_
posturer	10	3	892	1	posturer
postures	10	3	1378	1	postures
costumed	13	6	503	2	costumed
fostered	12	22	1045	2	fostered
gestured	10	3	699	2	gestured
pastored	11	3	997	2	pastored
pasture	9	3	1146	2	pasture_
pasturer	10	3	752	2	pasturer
pastures	10	3	1196	2	pastures
pestered	11	28	1497	2	pestered
pictured	13	4	657	2	pictured
portered	11	23	1154	2	portered
posted	9	37	2249	2	post__ed
postgrad	12	4	549	2	postgrad
postural	10	4	920	2	postural
posturers	11	3	705	2	posturers
pottered	11	23	1166	2	pottered
poured	9	51	1674	2	po__ured
pustuled	11	3	495	2	pustuled
tortured	9	3	584	2	tortured
vestured	12	3	746	2	vestured

Search took 4 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	24	3.233	37444.8
3	Display Results	24	24	0.016	1500.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	24	3.625	49294.1