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

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

25 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
oldster	8	9	657	(None)
oldsters	9	9	673	1	oldsters
blaster	9	40	1730	2	blaster
blister	9	44	1531	2	blister
bluster	9	42	1531	2	bluster
bolster	9	37	1342	2	bol_ster
cluster	9	40	1333	2	cluster
clyster	12	31	745	2	clyster
fluster	10	39	1306	2	fluster
glister	8	40	1334	2	glister
holster	10	35	1221	2	hol_ster
klister	11	34	1064	2	klister
laster	6	48	3063	2	_laster
lister	6	45	2725	2	_lister
lobster	9	28	885	2	lobster
luster	6	40	2367	2	_luster
molester	10	9	937	2	molester
older	6	51	2117	2	old__er
oleaster	8	3	726	2	oleaster
ouster	6	42	2373	2	o_uster
oyster	9	41	1170	2	o_yster
plaster	9	33	1869	2	plaster
pollster	10	3	710	2	pollster
roadster	9	3	546	2	roadster
ulster	6	37	1210	2	ul_ster

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	0.356	501941.0
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	25	2.830	38046.3
3	Display Results	25	25	0.016	1562.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	25	3.202	55806.1