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

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

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
modistes	11	3	864	(None)
modiste	10	3	928	1	modiste_
iodises	8	34	1363	2	iodis_es
mediates	11	28	1406	2	mediates
modester	11	9	748	2	modester
modestest	12	4	500	2	modestest
modesties	12	4	747	2	modesties
modifies	14	3	916	2	modifies
moisten	9	31	1014	2	mo_isten
moistens	10	26	877	2	mo_istens
moister	9	40	1537	2	mo_ister
moistest	10	3	876	2	mo_istest
monishes	13	3	1148	2	monishes
monists	9	36	1478	2	monist_s
odists	7	4	985	2	_odist_s
podites	10	30	1473	2	podi_tes

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	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	16	3.326	36397.8
3	Display Results	16	16	0.016	1000.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	16	3.732	47880.8