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

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

20 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
couldest	11	4	835	(None)
coldest	10	25	1476	1	co_ldest
couldst	10	3	704	1	could_st
wouldest	12	3	548	1	wouldest
auldest	8	3	989	2	_auldest
boldest	10	26	1306	2	bo_ldest
coaliest	10	3	1622	2	coaliest
coolest	9	3	1864	2	cool_est
coulees	9	3	1551	2	coulees_
couthest	13	3	1208	2	couthest
crudest	10	45	1033	2	cru_dest
foulest	10	3	1331	2	foul_est
goldest	9	24	1117	2	go_ldest
loudest	8	3	993	2	lou_dest
mouldiest	12	3	472	2	mouldiest
oldest	7	21	1409	2	_o_ldest
roundest	9	3	1047	2	roundest
shouldest	13	4	414	2	shouldest
soundest	9	5	1097	2	soundest
wouldst	11	3	406	2	would_st

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	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	20	4.093	29577.1
3	Display Results	20	20	0.016	1250.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	20	4.499	39717.9