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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “gast” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

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.

23 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
gast	5	60	5256	(None)
bast	6	63	6241	1	bast
cast	6	71	5990	1	cast
east	4	66	5910	1	east
fast	7	70	5231	1	fast
gait	5	61	5019	1	gait
gas	4	88	7025	1	gas_
gash	8	68	3302	1	gash
gasp	7	62	2733	1	gasp
gasts	6	66	2863	1	gasts
gat	4	68	8051	1	ga_t
gats	5	67	5344	1	gats
gest	5	61	4913	1	gest
ghast	9	56	2122	1	ghast
gist	5	60	4676	1	gist
gust	5	52	4070	1	gust
hast	7	62	5948	1	hast
last	4	62	6032	1	last
mast	6	59	5995	1	mast
oast	4	71	5632	1	oast
past	6	59	5901	1	past
vast	7	50	4512	1	vast
wast	7	56	5585	1	wast

Search took 1 second 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	13983	0.110	1624463.6
2	DLD Change Limit	13983	23	0.470	29751.1
3	Display Results	23	23	0.016	1437.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	23	0.596	299817.1