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

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

17 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
bastard	10	30	1242	(None)
bastards	11	33	1031	1	bastards
bastardy	14	32	600	1	bastardy
bustard	10	38	972	1	bustard
dastard	9	27	970	1	dastard
bastardly	15	26	429	2	bastardly
basted	9	52	2723	2	bast_ed
baster	8	53	3359	2	baster_
basters	9	49	3030	2	basters
bayard	12	44	1166	2	ba_yard
brassard	11	4	468	2	brassard
bustards	11	30	851	2	bustards
costard	10	41	1335	2	costard
custard	10	38	997	2	custard
dastards	10	27	808	2	dastards
eastward	12	4	499	2	eastward
mustard	10	35	953	2	mustard

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	17	3.313	32499.5
3	Display Results	17	17	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	17	3.703	48255.7