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

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

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
sistra	6	3	933	(None)
ristra	6	3	1071	1	ristra
bistre	8	38	1502	2	bistre
bistro	8	33	994	2	bistro
lustra	6	35	889	2	lustra
mistral	9	10	1364	2	mistral
ristras	7	3	1156	2	ristras
rostra	6	3	1093	2	rostra
sierra	6	3	731	2	sierra
siesta	6	3	950	2	siest_a
sirra	5	44	1632	2	si_rra
sister	6	44	2158	2	sister
sisters	7	37	2159	2	sisters
sistrum	9	4	656	2	sistrum
sitar	5	48	2054	2	si_tar
sutra	5	42	1793	2	s_utra
vista	8	54	1660	2	vist_a

Search took 3 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	82551	0.343	520965.0
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	17	2.486	33206.4
3	Display Results	17	17	0.013	1307.7
	(SQL Overall)	178691	17	2.842	62875.1