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

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

17 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
costumes	12	5	801	(None)
costume	11	5	785	1	costume_
costumed	13	6	503	1	costumed
costumer	12	7	510	1	costumer
costumers	13	7	485	1	costumers
costumey	15	6	352	1	costumey
cestuses	10	3	808	2	cestuses
cistuses	10	3	828	2	cistuses
coassumes	13	10	389	2	coassumes
coituses	10	3	962	2	coituses
consumes	12	3	1041	2	consumes
contuses	10	4	1345	2	contuses
costumery	16	6	311	2	costumery
costumier	13	4	342	2	costumier
costumiers	14	4	297	2	costumiers
coutures	10	3	1199	2	coutures
postures	10	3	1378	2	postures

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	0.393	454684.5
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	17	3.796	31891.2
3	Display Results	17	17	0.016	1062.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	17	4.205	42494.9