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

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

20 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
upstart	9	15	975	(None)
upstare	9	15	868	1	upstare
upstarts	10	16	527	1	upstarts
outstart	8	16	1128	2	outstart
restart	7	3	2003	2	restart
start	5	56	4231	2	__start
unsmart	9	3	960	2	unsmart
updart	9	3	1074	2	up_dart
upsoar	8	10	568	2	upsoar_
upsoars	9	8	541	2	upsoars
upstage	10	16	744	2	upstage
upstair	9	4	398	2	upstair
upstairs	10	4	364	2	upstairs
upstand	10	4	534	2	upstand
upstared	11	15	657	2	upstared
upstares	10	17	858	2	upstares
upstarted	12	4	421	2	upstarted
upstate	9	16	1049	2	upstate
upstir	8	3	538	2	upstir_
upstirs	9	3	529	2	upstirs

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	107671	0.140	1276364.3
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	20	5.470	19683.9
3	Display Results	20	20	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	20	5.610	31852.2