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

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

16 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
pastiches	16	3	745	(None)
mastiches	16	4	733	1	mastiches
pastiche	15	4	693	1	pastiche_
postiches	16	4	822	1	postiches
mastiche	15	4	717	2	mastiche_
particles	13	3	980	2	particles
pasticheur	17	5	174	2	pasticheur
pasticheurs	18	5	142	2	pasticheurs
pasties	9	45	2981	2	pasti__es
pastilles	11	4	870	2	pastilles
pastimes	12	36	1190	2	pasti_mes
pastises	10	36	1605	2	pasti_ses
patches	14	33	2038	2	pa_t_ches
pistaches	16	4	667	2	pistaches
postiche	15	4	779	2	postiche_
potiches	15	3	920	2	p_otiches

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	0.376	475242.0
2	DLD Change Limit	121436	16	3.700	32820.5
3	Display Results	16	16	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	16	4.076	43839.8