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

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

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
accosts	11	10	799	(None)
accost	10	11	1226	1	accost_
accents	11	35	1123	2	accents
accepts	13	35	635	2	accepts
access	10	3	768	2	acces_s
accords	12	4	724	2	accords
accosted	13	4	551	2	accosted
accounts	12	8	584	2	accounts
accuses	11	41	1219	2	accuses
across	8	3	1264	2	acros_s
ascots	8	53	1251	2	asco_ts
costs	7	72	3114	2	__costs

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	107671	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	12	3.500	30763.1
3	Display Results	12	12	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	12	3.890	45936.0