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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “candlesticks” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

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
candlesticks	21	7	164	(None)
candlestick	20	7	226	1	candlestick_
candlewicks	23	5	152	2	candle_wicks
candlewick	22	5	181	3	candle_wick_
fiddlesticks	23	6	90	3	fiddlesticks
singlesticks	19	6	136	3	singlesticks
analeptics	14	4	442	4	_analeptic_s
anapestics	14	4	437	4	_anapestic_s
candlepins	15	4	368	4	candle_pi_ns
catalectics	14	9	310	4	catalectic_s
cataleptics	17	8	284	4	cataleptic_s
fiddlestick	22	6	95	4	fiddlestick_
mahlsticks	21	5	185	4	ma_hl_sticks
maulsticks	18	5	207	4	ma_ul_sticks
singlestick	18	5	177	4	singlestick_
yardsticks	20	5	173	4	yard__sticks

Search took 9 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	0.406	440125.6
2	DLD Change Limit	124790	16	7.890	15816.2
3	Display Results	16	16	0.016	1000.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	16	8.312	21498.0