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

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

17 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
overstate	12	10	1086	(None)
overstated	14	11	944	1	overstated
overstates	13	11	1011	1	overstates
overate	10	6	2096	2	over__ate
overhate	14	3	1279	2	over_hate
overlate	11	7	1628	2	over_late
overrate	11	6	1569	2	over_rate
oversale	11	3	1387	2	overs_ale
oversave	14	3	1049	2	overs_ave
overscale	14	4	799	2	overscale
overshade	16	3	699	2	overshade
overstaff	18	4	448	2	overstaff
overstay	14	3	673	2	oversta_y
overstayed	17	12	585	2	overstayed
overstays	15	3	594	2	overstays
overtake	15	12	1014	2	over_take
overtame	13	15	1052	2	over_tame

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	121436	0.796	224486.2
2	DLD Change Limit	121436	17	4.656	26081.6
3	Display Results	17	17	0.016	1062.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	17	5.468	32679.4