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

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

12 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
sweatsuit	12	11	250	(None)
sweatsuits	13	10	165	1	sweatsuits
sweatshirt	16	5	256	2	sweatshirt
wetsuit	10	4	545	2	_we_tsuit
catsuit	9	5	939	3	__catsuit
sweatiest	12	3	841	3	sweatiest
sweats	9	48	1461	3	sweats___
sweatshirts	17	5	132	3	sweatshirts
sweatshop	17	5	204	3	sweatshop
swimsuit	13	4	269	3	sw_imsuit
wetsuits	11	4	323	3	_we_tsuits
whatsit	13	4	582	3	_whats_it

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	148641	0.436	409841.7
2	DLD Change Limit	148641	12	7.533	19732.0
3	Display Results	12	12	0.013	923.1
	(SQL Overall)	178691	12	7.982	22386.7