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

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

21 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
episterna	11	4	337	(None)
cisterna	10	37	637	2	_cisterna
episternum	14	5	186	2	episternum
cistern	9	33	1070	3	_cistern_
cisternae	11	26	509	3	_cisternae
cisternal	11	32	574	3	_cisternal
cisterns	10	36	958	3	_cisterns
eastern	7	44	1253	3	e_astern_
epistemic	15	4	419	3	epistemic
epistler	10	4	483	3	epistler__
epistlers	11	5	411	3	epistler_s
existent	15	4	826	3	existe_nt
listeria	8	3	945	3	_listeria
pastern	9	44	1506	3	_pastern_
pasterns	10	41	1262	3	_pasterns
postern	9	36	1561	3	_postern_
posterns	10	27	1372	3	_posterns
presterna	11	4	526	3	presterna
sterna	6	37	1276	3	___sterna
wisteria	11	4	777	3	_wisteria
xiphisterna	23	6	81	3	xiphisterna

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	148641	0.420	425454.8
2	DLD Change Limit	148641	21	7.470	19898.4
3	Display Results	21	21	0.016	1312.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	21	7.906	22601.9