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

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

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.

13 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
washstands	17	5	213	(None)
washstand	16	5	227	1	washstand_
withstands	17	5	229	2	withstands
bandstands	14	4	311	3	bandstands
cabstands	14	5	373	3	ca_bstands
handstands	15	4	387	3	handstands
hardstands	15	4	366	3	hardstands
passbands	14	5	398	3	pas_sbands
waistbands	16	5	220	3	wa_istbands
washboards	19	4	409	3	washboards
wastelands	14	4	289	3	wastelands
wessands	12	4	368	3	wes_s_ands
withstand	16	5	260	3	withstand_

Search took 10 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	0.830	215290.4
2	DLD Change Limit	140603	13	8.876	15840.8
3	Display Results	13	13	0.013	1000.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	13	9.719	18385.7