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

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

15 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
ballasts	10	3	793	(None)
ballast	9	3	1399	1	ballast_
balases	9	38	1543	2	ba_lases
ballades	11	42	1164	2	ballades
balladists	13	13	382	2	balladists
ballads	10	42	1291	2	balla_ds
ballasted	12	4	545	2	ballasted
ballaster	11	4	597	2	ballaster
ballasters	12	4	509	2	ballasters
ballets	9	37	1951	2	ball_ets
ballista	10	4	580	2	ballista
ballots	9	41	1603	2	ball_ots
blasts	8	51	1677	2	b__lasts
callants	10	41	1214	2	callants
gallants	9	33	1037	2	gallants

Search took 5 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	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	15	3.750	32282.4
3	Display Results	15	15	0.016	937.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	15	4.156	42995.9