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

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

21 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
gestures	9	3	1001	(None)
gesture	8	3	924	1	gesture_
gestured	10	3	699	1	gestured
gesturer	9	3	598	1	gesturer
gesturers	10	4	428	1	gesturers
vestures	11	3	1104	1	vestures
cestuses	10	3	808	2	cestuses
dentures	9	3	1245	2	dentures
features	11	3	1033	2	features
genitures	10	4	612	2	genitures
gestates	9	32	1373	2	gestates
gestes	7	57	2139	2	gest__es
gestural	9	4	603	2	gestural
lectures	10	13	1015	2	lectures
pastures	10	3	1196	2	pastures
postures	10	3	1378	2	postures
restores	8	52	2299	2	restores
textures	15	9	752	2	textures
ventures	11	3	1149	2	ventures
vesture	10	3	1037	2	vesture_
vestured	12	3	746	2	vestured

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	121059	0.406	440125.6
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	21	3.250	37248.9
3	Display Results	21	21	0.016	1312.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	21	3.672	48663.1