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

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

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
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13 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
steadfast	13	4	301	(None)
stedfast	12	4	364	1	ste_dfast
standfast	13	4	391	2	standfast
steadfastly	18	6	71	2	steadfastly
steadiest	10	3	851	2	steadiest
bedfast	13	4	641	3	_be_dfast
breakfast	18	4	287	3	breakfast
seacoast	10	4	778	3	s_eacoast
stadias	8	4	1111	3	st_adias_
standfasts	14	5	255	3	standfasts
steadies	9	3	1112	3	steadies_
steads	7	41	1622	3	stead__s_
steamiest	11	3	840	3	steamiest

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	148641	0.440	406115.9
2	DLD Change Limit	148641	13	7.013	21195.1
3	Display Results	13	13	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	13	7.453	23975.7