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

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

18 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
priested	11	3	839	(None)
arrested	9	3	915	2	arrested
crested	10	34	1653	2	cr_ested
oriented	9	3	748	2	oriented
pressed	10	33	1731	2	pr_essed
prester	9	35	1962	2	pr_ester
pretested	12	14	911	2	pretested
priest	8	41	2542	2	priest__
priestess	11	4	529	2	priestess
priestly	13	4	584	2	priestly
priests	9	38	1086	2	priest_s
printed	10	40	1637	2	pri_nted
prised	9	43	2220	2	pri_s_ed
prissed	10	33	1126	2	pri_ssed
protested	12	15	911	2	protested
reested	8	29	1623	2	_reested
rested	7	44	3078	2	_r_ested
wrested	11	34	1093	2	wr_ested

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	0.393	454684.5
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	18	3.903	31016.9
3	Display Results	18	18	0.016	1125.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	18	4.312	41440.4