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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “lockstitched” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

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.

16 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
lockstitched	24	6	122	(None)
lockstitches	23	6	144	1	lockstitches
backstitched	26	9	187	2	backstitched
lockstitch	21	5	161	2	lockstitch__
backstitches	25	6	211	3	backstitches
lockstitching	25	6	109	3	lockstitching
topstitched	19	5	172	3	to_pstitched
backstitch	23	5	266	4	backstitch__
hemstitched	22	5	199	4	_hemstitched
locksmith	20	5	300	4	locksmit_h__
locksmiths	21	5	201	4	locksmit_h_s
restitched	16	4	413	4	__restitched
stitched	14	14	820	4	____stitched
topstitches	18	5	206	4	to_pstitches
unstitched	16	4	351	4	__unstitched
whipstitched	26	6	123	4	whipstitched

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	124790	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	124790	16	8.313	15011.4
3	Display Results	16	16	0.013	1230.8
	(SQL Overall)	178691	16	8.716	20501.5