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

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

20 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
spinster	10	3	668	(None)
spinsters	11	3	661	1	spinsters
minster	9	39	1432	2	_minster
penster	9	28	1195	2	_penster
piaster	9	30	1288	2	_piaster
pinaster	10	3	711	2	_pinaster
punster	9	29	1110	2	_punster
sinister	8	3	858	2	s_inister
sinter	6	36	2592	2	s_in_ter
sister	6	44	2158	2	s_i_ster
sphincter	16	4	223	2	sphincter
spinate	9	31	1481	2	spinate_
spindler	11	29	798	2	spindler
spinier	9	37	1516	2	spin_ier
spinner	9	39	1226	2	spin_ner
spinsterly	15	5	200	2	spinsterly
spitter	9	40	1518	2	spi_tter
splinter	10	32	970	2	splin_ter
sprinter	10	38	1081	2	sprin_ter
stinter	7	36	1451	2	stin_ter

Search took 4 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	0.376	475242.0
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	20	3.250	37248.9
3	Display Results	20	20	0.013	1538.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	20	3.639	49104.4