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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “fasteners” 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
fasteners	12	23	705	(None)
fastener	11	22	783	1	fastener_
fatteners	12	23	687	1	fatteners
hasteners	12	26	781	1	hasteners
batteners	11	23	816	2	batteners
chasteners	15	5	479	2	chasteners
easterners	10	4	482	2	easterners
falterers	12	23	803	2	falterers
fastened	12	25	785	2	fastene_d
fastens	10	55	1175	2	fasten__s
fastness	11	23	876	2	fast_ness
fattener	11	26	811	2	fattener_
flatteners	13	16	415	2	flatteners
fosterers	12	23	802	2	fosterers
hastener	11	25	913	2	hastener_
listeners	9	14	732	2	listeners
ratteners	9	23	726	2	ratteners

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	121436	0.406	440125.6
2	DLD Change Limit	121436	17	3.860	31460.1
3	Display Results	17	17	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	17	4.266	41887.2