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

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

17 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
vaguest	11	3	733	(None)
agues	6	49	1905	2	_agues_
baguet	9	3	1610	2	bague_t
baguets	10	3	748	2	baguets
barguest	11	3	716	2	barguest
cagiest	10	29	1643	2	cagiest
guest	6	52	2592	2	__guest
sagest	7	49	2026	2	sag_est
sagiest	8	26	1799	2	sagiest
vague	9	65	1311	2	vague__
vaguely	14	4	369	2	vaguely
vaguer	10	44	844	2	vague_r
vagus	9	67	1381	2	vagu_s_
vainest	10	3	1576	2	vainest
values	9	43	1494	2	values_
vastest	10	29	1151	2	vastest
vogues	10	40	1192	2	vogues_

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	107671	0.406	440125.6
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	17	3.686	29210.8
3	Display Results	17	17	0.016	1062.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	17	4.108	43498.3