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

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

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.

21 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
stedfast	12	4	364	(None)
steadfast	13	4	301	1	steadfast
bedfast	13	4	641	2	_bedfast
standfast	13	4	391	2	standfast
handfast	15	4	673	3	handfast
holdfast	15	5	370	3	holdfast
overfast	14	24	966	3	overfast
seedcase	11	4	406	3	seedcase
seediest	9	27	1405	3	seediest
stadias	8	4	1111	3	stadias_
standfasts	14	5	255	3	standfasts
steadfastly	18	6	71	3	steadfastly
steadiest	10	3	851	3	steadiest
steepest	10	3	812	3	steepest
stellas	7	28	1304	3	stellas_
stemmas	11	25	697	3	stemmas_
sternest	8	3	1443	3	sternest
stiffest	14	3	568	3	stiffest
studfish	15	4	452	3	studfish
sunfast	10	3	850	3	s_unfast
superfast	14	4	854	3	superfast

Search took 9 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	146162	0.436	409841.7
2	DLD Change Limit	146162	21	7.660	19081.2
3	Display Results	21	21	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	21	8.096	22071.5