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

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

18 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
caestus	9	4	777	(None)
cestus	8	44	1291	1	c_estus
cactus	10	49	1223	2	ca_ctus
caesars	9	4	1073	2	caesars
caesium	11	5	883	2	caesium
caesiums	12	4	553	2	caesiums
caestuses	11	4	489	2	caestuses
cantus	8	51	1776	2	ca_ntus
caseous	9	3	1251	2	caseous
castes	8	56	3186	2	ca_stes
casts	7	72	3779	2	ca_st_s
casus	7	64	1925	2	ca_s_us
cestas	8	50	1854	2	c_estas
cestos	8	47	1809	2	c_estos
chests	11	49	1626	2	chest_s
cistus	8	46	1134	2	c_istus
crests	8	52	1870	2	crest_s
cuestas	9	5	793	2	cuestas

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	0.376	475242.0
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	18	3.466	31064.9
3	Display Results	18	18	0.016	1125.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	18	3.858	46317.0