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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “stickit” 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
stickit	13	3	946	(None)
sickie	12	37	1574	2	s_ickie
stichic	14	4	624	2	stichic
stick	11	51	2156	2	stick__
sticked	14	41	1463	2	sticked
sticker	13	35	1588	2	sticker
stickier	14	22	976	2	stickier
stickies	14	22	1197	2	stickies
stickiest	15	22	960	2	stickiest
stickily	17	3	608	2	stickily
sticking	15	35	1346	2	sticking
stickle	13	24	1097	2	stickle
stickout	14	7	633	2	stickout
stickpin	16	4	376	2	stickpin
sticks	12	51	1861	2	stick_s
stickum	15	3	482	2	stickum
stickup	15	3	385	2	stickup
sticky	15	47	1134	2	stick_y
stockist	14	19	771	2	stockist
ticket	12	45	2485	2	_ticket

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	107671	0.356	501941.0
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	20	3.453	31181.9
3	Display Results	20	20	0.016	1250.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	20	3.825	46716.6