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

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

25 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
coastal	9	4	1104	(None)
costal	8	54	1951	1	co_stal
bicoastal	13	5	220	2	bicoastal
borstal	9	3	904	2	borstal
cantal	8	41	2203	2	c_antal
casual	8	11	1286	2	c_asual
chaetal	12	3	828	2	chaetal
chasmal	14	15	821	2	chasmal
coaeval	12	4	518	2	coaeval
coast	7	52	3627	2	coast__
coastally	14	4	650	2	coastally
coasted	10	40	1595	2	coasted
coaster	9	42	1904	2	coaster
coasts	8	57	1914	2	coast_s
coattail	10	4	531	2	coattail
coaxal	15	38	730	2	coa_xal
coaxial	16	15	700	2	coaxial
coital	8	41	1705	2	co_ital
costa	7	55	2373	2	co_sta_
costae	8	53	1968	2	co_stae
costar	8	55	1861	2	co_star
crestal	9	3	1213	2	crestal
crustal	9	3	902	2	crustal
crystal	12	3	743	2	crystal
postal	8	43	1753	2	po_stal

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	25	3.013	35735.5
3	Display Results	25	25	0.016	1562.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	25	3.405	52479.0