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

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

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
leftmost	13	4	258	(None)
leftmosts	14	4	154	1	leftmosts
aftmost	12	4	497	2	_aftmost
leftest	10	26	946	2	left_est
leftist	10	27	935	2	left_ist
westmost	13	4	343	2	westmost
defrost	11	3	955	3	def_rost
deftest	11	26	1171	3	deft_est
endmost	10	5	676	3	_endmost
headmost	14	4	549	3	headmost
heftiest	14	3	918	3	heftiest
lefties	10	3	1207	3	lefties_
leftish	13	19	725	3	left_ish
leftism	12	22	609	3	left_ism
leftists	11	23	551	3	left_ists
lefts	8	65	1781	3	left__s_
lentos	6	53	1740	3	lent_os_
loftiest	11	3	908	3	loftiest
outmost	9	5	1121	3	_outmost
rearmost	10	4	726	3	rearmost
utmost	8	7	848	3	__utmost

Search took 9 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	146162	0.406	440125.6
2	DLD Change Limit	146162	21	7.843	18636.0
3	Display Results	21	21	0.016	1312.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	21	8.265	21620.2