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

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

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
protestants	13	5	455	(None)
protectants	15	5	436	1	protectants
protestant	12	4	743	1	protestant_
protectant	14	4	691	2	protectant_
protistans	12	4	520	2	protistan_s
arrestants	10	4	433	3	ar_restants
attestants	10	5	390	3	_attestants
contestants	13	5	680	3	contestants
photostats	15	4	707	3	photosta_ts
progestins	13	4	866	3	progestin_s
propellants	15	15	357	3	propellants
proteans	10	28	1154	3	prote__an_s
protesters	12	16	939	3	protest_ers
protesting	13	19	1025	3	protestin_g
protestors	12	16	931	3	protest_ors
protests	10	3	1049	3	protes___ts
protistan	11	4	598	3	protistan__
protostars	12	4	686	3	protosta_rs

Search took 6 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	121633	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	121633	18	5.313	22893.5
3	Display Results	18	18	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	18	5.703	31332.8