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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “sportscaster” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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.

12 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
sportscaster	16	6	182	(None)
sportscasters	17	6	172	1	sportscasters
sportscast	14	5	259	2	sportscast__
sportscasts	15	5	189	2	sportscast_s
sportswriter	17	6	170	3	sportswriter
forecaster	15	8	600	4	_for_ecaster
northeaster	14	5	352	4	_northeaster
poetaster	11	4	567	4	_poet__aster
postmaster	14	11	571	4	_post_master
scoutmaster	15	6	249	4	scout_master
southeaster	14	5	363	4	s_outheaster
sportswriters	18	6	139	4	sportswriters

Search took 7 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	124790	0.140	1276364.3
2	DLD Change Limit	124790	12	6.783	18397.5
3	Display Results	12	12	0.016	750.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	12	6.939	25751.7