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

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

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
almagests	12	4	261	(None)
almagest	11	4	623	1	almagest_
alcahests	14	4	250	2	alcahests
alkahests	16	4	197	2	alkahests
alcahest	13	4	535	3	alcahest_
alkahest	15	5	402	3	alkahest_
alkanets	12	36	623	3	alkane_ts
anapests	10	4	661	3	a_napests
arbalests	11	4	412	3	arbalests
armaments	13	4	747	3	armaments
armrests	10	5	538	3	arm_rests
imagists	11	7	511	3	_imagists
latests	7	39	1031	3	_l_atests

Search took 8 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	148641	0.423	422437.4
2	DLD Change Limit	148641	13	6.700	22185.2
3	Display Results	13	13	0.016	812.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	13	7.139	25030.3