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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “steeplechaser” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

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.

17 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
steeplechaser	20	10	118	(None)
steeplechase	19	7	135	1	steeplechase_
steeplechasers	21	8	102	1	steeplechasers
steeplechases	20	9	141	1	steeplechases
steeplechasing	22	7	116	3	steeplechasing
steeplechasings	23	7	103	4	steeplechasings
atelectases	13	5	269	5	at_e_lectases
steelmaker	16	5	282	5	stee_l__maker
steeplebush	18	6	81	5	steeple_bus_h
steeplebushes	20	6	79	5	steeplebushes
steeplejack	26	6	124	5	steeple_ja_ck
steeplejacks	27	7	126	5	steeple_jacks
steeples	10	3	801	5	steeple___s__
steepnesses	13	4	592	5	steepne__sses
stripteaser	13	5	166	5	stripte__aser
telecaster	12	4	421	5	_t_e_lec_aster
timepleaser	15	5	116	5	timeple__aser

Search took 9 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	124790	0.393	454684.5
2	DLD Change Limit	124790	17	8.513	14658.8
3	Display Results	17	17	0.016	1062.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	17	8.922	20028.1