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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “multistory” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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.

14 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
multistory	15	5	383	(None)
multisport	14	5	415	2	multisport
antistory	12	4	827	3	_antistory
multiatom	13	4	566	3	multiato_m
multicopy	18	5	398	3	multi_copy
multiform	16	4	583	3	multi_form
multiport	13	4	721	3	multi_port
multisensory	17	6	145	3	multisensory
multistage	13	5	371	3	multistage
multistate	12	4	551	3	multistate
multistep	13	4	457	3	multist_ep
multistoried	15	5	286	3	multistoried
multiton	10	8	734	3	multi_to_n
multitone	11	8	776	3	multi_tone

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	140603	0.410	435831.7
2	DLD Change Limit	140603	14	5.403	26023.1
3	Display Results	14	14	0.016	875.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	14	5.829	30655.5