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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “florists” 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
florists	11	3	881	(None)
florist	10	3	1424	1	florist_
amorists	10	4	1133	2	amorists
aorists	7	42	1583	2	_aorists
colorists	11	23	1359	2	colorists
flavorists	16	4	352	2	flavorists
florets	10	3	985	2	flor_ets
florins	10	3	1164	2	flori_ns
floristic	14	4	716	2	floristic
floristry	15	4	271	2	floristry
floruits	11	4	515	2	floruits
flutists	11	25	641	2	flutists
foists	9	54	1398	2	f_o_ists
forests	10	41	1495	2	f_orests
forints	10	4	1183	2	f_orints
lorises	7	39	1859	2	_lorises
lyrists	10	3	696	2	_lyrists
ologists	9	3	944	2	ologists

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	121059	0.423	422437.4
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	18	3.936	30756.9
3	Display Results	18	18	0.016	1125.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	18	4.375	40843.7