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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “fastening” 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
fastening	13	26	860	(None)
fastenings	14	27	390	1	fastenings
fattening	13	28	783	1	fattening
hastening	13	25	948	1	hastening
battening	12	26	885	2	battening
chastening	16	5	652	2	chastening
faltering	13	22	1111	2	faltering
fasting	11	45	2283	2	fast__ing
festering	13	24	1317	2	festering
flattening	14	11	510	2	flattening
fostering	13	24	1126	2	fostering
latening	9	7	1149	2	la_tening
listening	10	12	895	2	listening
mastering	12	23	1530	2	mastering
rattening	10	28	876	2	rattening
refastening	15	4	430	2	refastening
tautening	10	3	584	2	tautening
unfastening	15	7	278	2	unfastening

Search took 5 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	121436	0.406	440125.6
2	DLD Change Limit	121436	18	3.826	31739.7
3	Display Results	18	18	0.016	1125.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	18	4.248	42064.7