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

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

21 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
bandmaster	15	12	441	(None)
bandmasters	16	8	418	1	bandmasters
bandmate	13	4	797	2	bandma_te_
bandmates	14	4	792	2	bandma_tes
yardmaster	16	5	271	2	yardmaster
animater	10	15	1239	3	_anima_ter
ballaster	11	4	597	3	ba_llaster
bandager	12	3	770	3	band_a_ger
banister	10	19	997	3	ban__ister
bannister	11	5	537	3	ban_nister
bushmaster	17	5	250	3	bushmaster
cadaster	11	3	690	3	ca_d_aster
handfasted	18	4	300	3	handfasted
headmaster	16	20	464	3	headmaster
landmasses	13	4	321	3	landmasses
loadmaster	13	4	323	3	loadmaster
paymaster	16	4	387	3	pa_ymaster
ringmaster	13	14	298	3	ringmaster
sandblaster	14	5	237	3	sandblaster
taskmaster	16	5	246	3	taskmaster
yardmasters	17	5	273	3	yardmasters

Search took 7 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	0.156	1145455.1
2	DLD Change Limit	140603	21	6.610	21271.3
3	Display Results	21	21	0.013	1615.4
	(SQL Overall)	178691	21	6.779	26359.5