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

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

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
lamenter	10	3	886	(None)
lamented	11	3	819	1	lamented
lamenters	11	3	768	1	lamenters
amender	10	34	961	2	_amender
cementer	12	3	919	2	cementer
fomenter	13	3	926	2	fomenter
gamester	11	3	732	2	gamester
lament	8	50	2494	2	lament__
laments	9	43	1485	2	lament_s
lamister	10	3	765	2	lamister
lamster	9	10	991	2	lam_ster
lavender	12	3	514	2	lavender

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	0.373	479064.3
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	12	3.220	37596.0
3	Display Results	12	12	0.016	750.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	12	3.609	49512.6