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

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

14 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
astringe	9	3	822	(None)
astringed	11	4	569	1	astringed
astringes	10	3	834	1	astringes
astride	8	3	1197	2	astri_de
astringent	11	4	591	2	astringent
estrange	9	48	889	2	estrange
springe	10	39	1398	2	_springe
strange	8	54	1634	2	_strange
string	7	53	2756	2	_string_
stringed	10	29	1187	2	_stringed
stringer	9	38	1294	2	_stringer
strings	8	46	1713	2	_strings
stringy	11	41	1107	2	_stringy
syringe	11	34	947	2	_syringe

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	0.406	440125.6
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	14	3.720	32542.7
3	Display Results	14	14	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	14	4.126	43308.5