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

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

20 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
hastening	13	25	948	(None)
chastening	16	5	652	1	chastening
fastening	13	26	860	1	fastening
battening	12	26	886	2	battening
fastenings	14	27	390	2	fastenings
fattening	13	28	783	2	fattening
haltering	13	22	1201	2	haltering
happening	17	3	559	2	happening
hardening	14	3	802	2	hardening
harkening	17	4	692	2	harkening
harshening	17	4	417	2	harshening
hasting	11	47	2519	2	hast__ing
havening	15	25	855	2	ha_vening
heartening	14	4	673	2	heartening
hosteling	13	3	789	2	hosteling
latening	9	7	1149	2	la_tening
listening	10	12	895	2	listening
mastering	12	23	1531	2	mastering
rattening	10	28	876	2	rattening
tautening	10	3	584	2	tautening

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	121436	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	121436	20	3.233	37561.4
3	Display Results	20	20	0.016	1250.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	20	3.639	49104.4