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

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

15 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
cohosted	14	3	613	(None)
boosted	10	41	1198	2	bo_osted
chested	13	38	1167	2	c_hested
coasted	10	40	1594	2	co_asted
cohobated	17	4	488	2	cohobated
cohoshes	16	3	587	2	cohoshes
cohost	11	52	1721	2	cohost__
cohostess	14	4	343	2	cohostess
cohosts	12	39	880	2	cohost_s
composted	16	37	881	2	composted
coopted	12	37	1076	2	co_opted
costed	9	56	2311	2	c__osted
ghosted	12	3	627	2	_ghosted
hosted	10	50	2034	2	__hosted
roosted	8	32	1188	2	ro_osted

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	121059	0.156	1145455.1
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	15	4.233	28598.9
3	Display Results	15	15	0.016	937.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	15	4.405	40565.5