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

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

15 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
upstairs	10	4	364	(None)
upstair	9	4	398	1	upstair_
upstirs	9	3	529	1	upst_irs
stairs	6	54	1633	2	__stairs
upsoars	9	8	541	2	upsoa_rs
upstagers	12	17	333	2	upstagers
upstages	11	14	737	2	upstages
upstands	11	4	409	2	upstands
upstare	9	15	868	2	upsta_re
upstares	10	17	858	2	upstares
upstart	9	15	975	2	upsta_rt
upstarts	10	16	527	2	upstarts
upstaters	11	17	480	2	upstaters
upstates	10	18	964	2	upstates
upstir	8	3	538	2	upst_ir_

Search took 5 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	0.656	272394.8
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	15	3.593	33693.0
3	Display Results	15	15	0.016	937.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	15	4.265	41897.1