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

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

19 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
posturer	10	3	892	(None)
pasturer	10	3	752	1	pasturer
posture	9	3	1325	1	posture_
postured	11	3	949	1	postured
posturers	11	3	704	1	posturers
postures	10	3	1376	1	postures
costumer	12	7	510	2	costumer
fosterer	11	23	952	2	fosterer
gesturer	9	3	598	2	gesturer
pasture	9	3	1146	2	pasture_
pastured	11	3	823	2	pastured
pasturers	11	3	639	2	pasturers
pastures	10	3	1196	2	pastures
pesterer	10	24	1270	2	pesterer
poster	8	41	2917	2	post__er
postural	10	4	919	2	postural
potterer	10	23	1026	2	potterer
pourer	8	45	1604	2	po__urer
torturer	8	3	549	2	torturer

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	0.156	1145455.1
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	19	4.373	27683.3
3	Display Results	19	19	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	19	4.529	39454.8