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

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

14 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
fossate	10	38	860	(None)
fissate	10	30	1003	1	fissate
fossae	9	55	1037	1	fossa_e
costate	9	40	1927	2	costate
folate	9	33	2039	2	fo_late
foliate	10	5	1353	2	foliate
formate	12	31	1509	2	formate
forsake	14	3	653	2	forsake
fossa	8	58	1263	2	fossa__
fossas	9	46	1070	2	fossa_s
fosse	8	61	1946	2	foss__e
fossette	11	4	526	2	fossette
foveate	13	3	836	2	foveate
roseate	7	6	1345	2	roseate

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	107671	0.263	679433.5
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	14	6.330	17009.6
3	Display Results	14	14	0.016	875.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	14	6.609	27037.5