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

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

19 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
auldest	8	3	989	(None)
ablest	8	47	2183	2	abl_est
aridest	8	3	1614	2	aridest
aulder	7	5	1145	2	aulde_r
baldest	10	23	1353	2	baldest
boldest	10	26	1306	2	boldest
coldest	10	25	1476	2	coldest
couldest	11	4	835	2	couldest
dullest	8	3	1263	2	dullest
eldest	7	29	1268	2	_eldest
fullest	10	3	1334	2	fullest
goldest	9	24	1117	2	goldest
mildest	10	28	1206	2	mildest
nudest	7	41	1383	2	nu_dest
oldest	7	21	1409	2	_oldest
rudest	7	40	1631	2	ru_dest
ruliest	7	28	1643	2	ruliest
wildest	11	33	1127	2	wildest
wouldest	12	3	548	2	wouldest

Search took 4 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	0.376	475242.0
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	19	3.343	32207.9
3	Display Results	19	19	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	19	3.719	48048.1