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

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

12 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
hygrostat	16	5	389	(None)
hydrostat	16	4	605	1	hydrostat
hygrostats	17	5	296	1	hygrostats
gyrostat	12	4	456	2	gy_rostat
hydrostats	17	5	492	2	hydrostats
pyrostat	13	4	716	2	py_rostat
aerostat	8	4	1068	3	_aerostat
gyrostats	13	4	327	3	gy_rostats
heliostat	12	10	489	3	heliostat
hemostat	13	4	871	3	h_emostat
hydrostatic	20	6	523	3	hydrostatic
pyrostats	14	4	491	3	py_rostats

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	0.470	380193.6
2	DLD Change Limit	148641	12	7.436	19989.4
3	Display Results	12	12	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	12	7.906	22601.9