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

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

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
fosterer	11	23	952	(None)
fostered	12	22	1044	1	fostered
fosterers	12	23	802	1	fosterers
austerer	8	3	838	2	austerer
bolsterer	11	4	548	2	bolsterer
falterer	11	23	985	2	falterer
fastener	11	22	783	2	fastener
festered	12	25	1210	2	festered
fetterer	11	20	781	2	fetterer
filterer	11	25	814	2	filterer
foster	9	43	2222	2	fost__er
fosters	10	42	2010	2	foster_s
hosteler	11	3	727	2	hosteler
lobsterer	11	4	403	2	lobsterer
loiterer	8	3	708	2	loiterer
oysterer	11	3	610	2	oysterer
pesterer	10	24	1270	2	pesterer
posturer	10	3	892	2	posturer
potterer	10	23	1026	2	potterer
roisterer	9	4	643	2	roisterer
totterer	8	21	779	2	totterer

Search took 6 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	0.140	1276364.3
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	21	5.203	23267.2
3	Display Results	21	21	0.016	1312.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	21	5.359	33344.1