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

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

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.

25 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
stares	6	60	3875	(None)
scares	8	50	3300	1	scares
shares	9	52	3641	1	shares
snares	6	53	2903	1	snares
spares	8	48	3455	1	spares
stades	7	46	2624	1	stades
stages	7	56	2949	1	stages
stakes	10	39	2729	1	stakes
stales	6	55	3829	1	stales
stanes	6	49	3340	1	stanes
stapes	8	50	2873	1	stapes
stare	5	44	4026	1	stare_
stared	7	54	2987	1	stared
starer	6	40	2736	1	starer
starers	7	45	2231	1	starers
starets	7	35	1592	1	starets
stars	5	58	3657	1	star_s
starts	6	54	2312	1	starts
starves	10	46	1455	1	starves
stases	6	42	2556	1	stases
states	6	43	3708	1	states
staves	9	45	2519	1	staves
steres	6	39	2953	1	steres
stores	6	55	3364	1	stores
tares	5	74	5656	1	_tares

Search took 2 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	48755	0.076	2351197.4
2	DLD Change Limit	48755	25	0.953	51159.5
3	Display Results	25	25	0.016	1562.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	25	1.045	170996.2