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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “pollster” 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
pollster	10	3	710	(None)
pollsters	11	3	717	1	pollsters
polluter	10	3	540	1	polluter
bolster	9	37	1342	2	bo_lster
holster	10	35	1221	2	ho_lster
molester	10	9	937	2	molester
oldster	8	9	657	2	_oldster
pilaster	10	3	816	2	pilaster
plaster	9	33	1869	2	p_laster
polestar	10	4	711	2	polestar
polisher	13	8	807	2	polisher
politer	9	24	1707	2	po_liter
poller	8	39	2185	2	poll__er
pollute	9	3	738	2	pollute_
polluted	11	3	543	2	polluted
polluters	11	3	503	2	polluters
pollutes	10	3	761	2	pollutes
polyester	14	4	535	2	polyester
poster	8	41	2917	2	po__ster
poulter	9	37	1201	2	poul_ter

Search took 5 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	121059	0.393	454684.5
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	20	4.140	29241.3
3	Display Results	20	20	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	20	4.533	39420.0