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

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

27 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
ostia	5	23	1558	(None)
ossia	5	37	1040	1	ossia
astir	5	55	1709	2	astir
costa	7	55	2373	2	cost_a
entia	5	3	1820	2	entia
hosta	8	59	1783	2	host_a
obia	6	79	2311	2	o_bia
ohia	7	57	1936	2	o_hia
oidia	6	3	1495	2	oidia
ontic	7	44	1857	2	ontic
ootid	6	14	1670	2	ootid
optic	9	37	1518	2	optic
optima	10	10	653	2	optima
osetra	6	6	742	2	osetra
osmic	9	3	991	2	osmic
ossa	4	37	1416	2	os_sa
osteal	6	3	1296	2	osteal
ostiary	10	3	646	2	ostiary
ostium	8	3	1013	2	ostium
otic	6	66	2482	2	o_tic
postie	8	41	2396	2	postie
postin	8	35	2103	2	postin
retia	5	53	2611	2	retia
rostra	6	3	1093	2	rostra
stir	4	57	2325	2	_stir
stoa	4	54	2591	2	_stoa
stria	5	57	2321	2	_stria

Search took 2 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	53800	0.326	548131.9
2	DLD Change Limit	53800	27	1.610	33416.1
3	Display Results	27	27	0.016	1687.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	27	1.952	91542.5