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

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

13 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
rouster	7	35	1708	(None)
jouster	14	33	1104	1	jouster
ouster	6	42	2373	1	_ouster
roaster	7	41	1666	1	roaster
robuster	10	3	566	1	robuster
roister	7	35	1620	1	roister
rooster	7	44	1517	1	rooster
roster	6	43	2908	1	ro_ster
rouser	6	52	2408	1	rous_er
rousted	8	40	1333	1	rousted
rousters	8	43	1568	1	rousters
router	6	50	2584	1	rou_ter
royster	10	31	1053	1	royster

Search took 6 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	69583	0.966	184980.3
2	DLD Change Limit	69583	13	4.250	16372.5
3	Display Results	13	13	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	13	5.216	34258.2