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

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

23 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
obtests	9	13	623	(None)
obtest	8	12	1301	1	obtest_
attests	7	27	881	2	attests
bests	7	59	3261	2	_b_ests
contests	10	34	1338	2	contests
detests	8	37	1174	2	detests
latests	7	39	1031	2	latests
mostests	10	3	683	2	mostests
objects	18	12	369	2	objects
objets	15	12	532	2	obje_ts
oblasts	9	4	730	2	oblasts
oboists	9	3	790	2	oboists
obsess	8	4	594	2	obses_s
obtect	10	12	963	2	obtect_
obtested	11	3	545	2	obtested
obverts	12	3	540	2	obverts
octets	8	3	940	2	octe_ts
oftest	9	12	1200	2	oftest_
outeats	7	22	1570	2	outeats
outsets	7	35	1492	2	outsets
retests	7	38	1385	2	retests
subtests	10	3	753	2	subtests
tests	5	65	3019	2	__tests

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	107671	0.436	409841.7
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	23	2.860	37647.2
3	Display Results	23	23	0.013	1769.2
	(SQL Overall)	178691	23	3.309	54001.5