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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “priestlier” 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
priestlier	12	4	288	(None)
bristlier	11	4	431	2	bri_stlier
gristlier	10	4	428	2	gri_stlier
priestliest	13	10	358	2	priestliest
friendlier	14	4	182	3	friendlier
grislier	9	3	579	3	gri_s_lier
pestier	9	43	1740	3	p__est_ier
pistolier	11	4	638	3	p_i_stolier
prester	9	35	1962	3	pr_est__er
prettier	10	6	904	3	pr_e_ttier
pricklier	17	24	506	3	pri_cklier
priested	11	3	839	3	priest__ed
priesting	12	3	948	3	priest_ing
priestliness	14	5	292	3	priestliness
priestly	13	4	584	3	priestl__y
princelier	14	4	334	3	princelier
prissier	10	15	787	3	pri_s_sier
sprightlier	17	5	188	3	sprightlier
thistlier	12	4	365	3	thi_stlier
wrestler	11	30	699	3	wr_estl_er
wristier	11	3	686	3	wri_st_ier

Search took 7 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	140603	0.423	422437.4
2	DLD Change Limit	140603	21	5.716	24598.1
3	Display Results	21	21	0.016	1312.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	21	6.155	29031.8