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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “preposterous” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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.

17 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
preposterous	16	5	256	(None)
preposterously	21	7	131	2	preposterously
prosperous	14	4	547	3	pr__osperous
ergosterols	12	5	212	4	er_gosterols
phytosterols	20	6	237	4	phytosterols
precancerous	18	5	196	4	precancerous
prepastes	13	12	882	4	prepaste___s
preportions	15	4	826	4	preport_ions
prepositions	16	10	830	4	prepositions
prepossess	14	4	308	4	preposse__ss
prepossesses	15	5	291	4	prepossesses
presternum	14	5	296	4	pre__sternum
presters	10	34	1900	4	pre__ster__s
proposers	13	22	852	4	propos_er__s
reporters	11	3	917	4	_reporter__s
reposers	10	29	1160	4	_repos_er__s
roisterous	10	4	471	4	_r_oisterous

Search took 8 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	124790	0.373	479064.3
2	DLD Change Limit	124790	17	7.190	17356.1
3	Display Results	17	17	0.016	1062.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	17	7.579	23577.1