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

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

16 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
wastries	11	12	1288	(None)
pastries	10	15	1742	1	pastries
wasteries	12	11	1534	1	wasteries
wastrie	10	12	1030	1	wastrie_
gantries	9	14	1379	2	gantries
gastrins	9	3	1012	2	gastrins
masteries	11	10	1849	2	masteries
nasties	7	35	2049	2	nast_ies
pantries	10	18	1739	2	pantries
pasties	9	45	2981	2	past_ies
vestries	11	3	1405	2	vestries
wastages	12	10	975	2	wastages
wasterie	11	12	1158	2	wasterie_
wastes	9	62	2488	2	wast__es
wastrel	10	3	755	2	wastr_el
wastrels	11	3	620	2	wastrels

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	121059	0.440	406115.9
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	16	4.610	26260.1
3	Display Results	16	16	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	16	5.050	35384.4