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

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

16 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
sternite	8	3	1054	(None)
sternites	9	3	1007	1	sternites
eternise	8	11	966	2	eternise
eternity	11	4	668	2	eternity
eternize	17	11	836	2	eternize
kernite	11	5	947	2	_kernite
sienite	7	3	1271	2	sie_nite
stannite	8	4	758	2	stannite
steatite	8	3	1058	2	steatite
stellite	8	3	953	2	stellite
sterile	7	3	1660	2	ster_ile
stibnite	10	4	407	2	stibnite
syenite	10	3	977	2	sye_nite
tergite	8	3	1100	2	_tergite
termite	9	3	1389	2	_termite
ternate	7	4	1548	2	_ternate

Search took 4 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	121059	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	16	3.390	35710.6
3	Display Results	16	16	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	16	3.780	47272.8