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

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

22 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
vestigial	13	4	377	(None)
vestigia	12	4	357	1	vestigia_
vestigially	18	5	240	2	vestigially
vestigium	15	5	272	2	vestigium
aestival	11	4	548	3	aesti_val
bestial	9	3	1164	3	best__ial
effigial	15	4	283	3	_effigial
estival	10	3	632	3	_esti_val
festival	14	4	471	3	festi_val
gestical	11	3	899	3	gesti_cal
remigial	11	4	660	3	re_migial
stibial	9	4	658	3	__stibial
stigmal	10	24	592	3	__stigmal
vectorial	14	14	740	3	vectorial
vertical	13	4	1043	3	verti_cal
verticil	13	6	691	3	vertici_l
vesical	12	15	981	3	ves_i_cal
vestal	9	46	1557	3	vest___al
vestige	11	3	743	3	vestig__e
vestiges	12	3	824	3	vestig_es
vestral	10	41	1101	3	vest__ral
vestural	11	5	647	3	vest_ural

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	0.423	422437.4
2	DLD Change Limit	148641	22	7.156	20771.5
3	Display Results	22	22	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	22	7.579	23577.1