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

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

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
oast	4	71	5632	(None)
bast	6	63	6241	1	bast
boast	7	59	3570	1	boast
cast	6	71	5990	1	cast
coast	7	52	3626	1	coast
east	4	66	5910	1	east
fast	7	70	5231	1	fast
gast	5	60	5256	1	gast
hast	7	62	5948	1	hast
last	4	62	6032	1	last
mast	6	59	5995	1	mast
oasts	5	65	2918	1	oasts
oat	3	98	8826	1	oa_t
oats	4	65	5421	1	oats
oust	4	67	4744	1	oust
past	6	59	5901	1	past
roast	5	62	3014	1	roast
toast	5	58	3101	1	toast
vast	7	50	4512	1	vast
wast	7	56	5585	1	wast

Search took 1 second 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	13983	0.063	2836365.1
2	DLD Change Limit	13983	20	0.250	55932.0
3	Display Results	20	20	0.016	1250.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	20	0.329	543133.7