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

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

10 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
newscasters	16	5	160	(None)
newscaster	15	5	183	1	newscaster_
newscasts	14	4	252	2	newscast__s
descanters	13	4	501	3	de_scanters
newscast	13	4	343	3	newscast___
newsletters	14	14	169	3	newsletters
newsmakers	19	4	333	3	newsma_kers
newspapers	17	4	266	3	newspa_pers
telecasters	13	4	378	3	telecasters
webcasters	17	4	214	3	we_bcasters

Search took 10 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	121633	0.436	409841.7
2	DLD Change Limit	121633	10	8.643	14073.0
3	Display Results	10	10	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	10	9.079	19681.8