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

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

23 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
instals	7	6	1171	(None)
instal	6	7	1219	1	instal_
install	7	7	936	1	install
installs	8	5	892	1	installs
instars	7	4	1113	1	instars
instils	7	8	1145	1	instils
initials	8	4	810	2	initials
inseams	9	30	790	2	inseams
insouls	7	3	721	2	insouls
inspans	9	3	780	2	inspans
instable	10	3	1320	2	instable
instant	7	8	1535	2	instant
instants	8	9	1015	2	instants
instar	6	3	1001	2	insta_r
instate	7	16	1648	2	instate
instates	8	16	1583	2	instates
insteps	9	3	657	2	insteps
instil	6	11	1138	2	instil_
instill	7	8	906	2	instill
instills	8	6	735	2	instills
postals	9	37	1637	2	postals
unseals	7	32	1257	2	unseals
vestals	10	46	1233	2	vestals

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	107671	0.373	479064.3
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	23	3.173	33933.5
3	Display Results	23	23	0.016	1437.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	23	3.562	50165.9