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

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

9 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
podestas	11	4	685	(None)
podesta	10	3	676	1	podesta_
lodestar	9	4	441	2	lodestar
lodestars	10	4	441	2	lodestars
pedestal	11	4	640	2	pedestal
pedestals	12	5	520	2	pedestals
polentas	10	3	874	2	polentas
polestar	10	4	711	2	polestar
polestars	11	5	728	2	polestars

Search took 5 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	121059	0.403	443402.0
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	9	3.750	32282.4
3	Display Results	9	9	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	9	4.153	43027.0