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

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

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
bimester	12	3	616	(None)
bimesters	13	3	634	1	bimesters
rimester	10	3	781	1	rimester
biometer	12	3	960	2	biome_ter
bister	8	49	2276	2	bi__ster
diester	8	30	1368	2	di_ester
digester	10	25	843	2	digester
dimeter	10	4	1189	2	dime_ter
gamester	11	3	732	2	gamester
kiester	11	32	997	2	ki_ester
rimesters	11	3	749	2	rimesters
semester	10	3	890	2	semester
trimester	11	4	582	2	trimester

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	121059	0.393	454684.5
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	13	3.500	34588.3
3	Display Results	13	13	0.016	812.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	13	3.909	45712.7