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

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

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.

17 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
heliostat	12	10	489	(None)
heliostats	13	11	355	1	heliostats
hemostat	13	4	870	2	he_mostat
aerostat	8	4	1068	3	ae_rostat
chemostat	16	5	548	3	che_mostat
coelostat	11	4	567	3	coel_ostat
heliast	10	3	1207	3	helias__t
heliasts	11	3	610	3	heliast_s
heliogram	15	4	557	3	heliogram
helios	9	48	1663	3	helios___
heliozoan	21	5	239	3	heliozoan
helistop	13	4	432	3	heli_stop
hemostats	14	4	639	3	he_mostats
hydrostat	16	4	605	3	hydrostat
hygrostat	16	5	389	3	hygrostat
rheostat	11	4	536	3	rhe__ostat
thermostat	15	5	497	3	thermostat

Search took 8 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	148641	0.423	422437.4
2	DLD Change Limit	148641	17	6.796	21871.8
3	Display Results	17	17	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	17	7.219	24752.9