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

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

24 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
bystreet	13	4	502	(None)
bystreets	14	4	231	1	bystreets
street	6	41	2577	2	__street
backstreet	18	5	503	3	backstreet
bescreen	12	4	431	3	bescreen
besprent	12	4	803	3	besprent
bestrew	12	4	800	3	bestr_ew
bestrewed	15	9	419	3	bestrewed
bestrewn	13	4	333	3	bestrewn
bestrews	13	3	560	3	bestrews
bistered	11	29	1333	3	bistered
bistre	8	38	1502	3	bistr_e_
bistred	10	33	1185	3	bistr_ed
bistres	9	40	1721	3	bistr_es
bustiest	10	28	1505	3	bustiest
discreet	11	4	1318	3	discreet
estreat	7	3	1481	3	_estreat
mistreat	10	3	1311	3	mistreat
oystered	12	3	692	3	oystered
oysterer	11	3	610	3	oysterer
streek	10	41	1141	3	__streek
streel	6	42	1402	3	__streel
streets	7	33	1261	3	__streets
yestreen	11	4	460	3	yestreen

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	146162	0.500	357382.0
2	DLD Change Limit	146162	24	7.326	19951.1
3	Display Results	24	24	0.016	1500.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	24	7.842	22786.4