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

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

18 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
outstay	10	4	768	(None)
outsay	9	26	1187	1	outs_ay
outstays	11	5	662	1	outstays
outlay	9	27	1179	2	out_lay
outplay	12	26	772	2	outplay
outpray	12	26	808	2	outpray
outsat	6	29	2028	2	outs_at
outsaw	9	26	1028	2	outs_aw
outsays	10	27	1040	2	outs_ays
outsoar	7	3	949	2	outsoar
outspan	9	3	874	2	outspan
outstand	9	3	804	2	outstand
outstare	8	14	1069	2	outstare
outstart	8	16	1128	2	outstart
outstate	8	14	1199	2	outstate
outstayed	13	18	593	2	outstayed
outstudy	12	4	292	2	outstudy
outswam	12	4	661	2	outswam

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	107671	0.373	479064.3
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	18	3.376	31893.1
3	Display Results	18	18	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	18	3.749	47663.6