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

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

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
newscasts	14	4	252	(None)
newscast	13	4	343	1	newscast_
newscaster	15	5	183	2	newscaster
newscasters	16	5	160	2	newscasters
descants	11	29	1014	3	de_scants
downcasts	15	4	291	3	downcasts
endocasts	12	4	476	3	endocasts
miscasts	12	3	835	3	_miscasts
newsbeats	14	4	266	3	newsbeats
newsdesks	17	5	139	3	newsdesks
newshawks	22	7	175	3	newshawks
newsiest	11	10	748	3	newsiest_
newsless	11	3	453	3	newsles_s
recasts	9	34	1353	3	re__casts
telecasts	11	4	554	3	telecasts
webcasts	15	4	331	3	we_bcasts

Search took 8 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	148641	0.423	422437.4
2	DLD Change Limit	148641	16	7.280	20417.7
3	Display Results	16	16	0.016	1000.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	16	7.719	23149.5