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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “pollsters” 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
pollsters	11	3	717	(None)
pollster	10	3	710	1	pollster_
polluters	11	3	503	1	polluters
bolsters	10	37	1245	2	bo_lsters
holsters	11	32	1194	2	ho_lsters
molesters	11	9	887	2	molesters
oldsters	9	9	673	2	_oldsters
pilasters	11	3	822	2	pilasters
plasters	10	35	1813	2	p_lasters
polestars	11	5	728	2	polestars
polishers	14	7	760	2	polishers
pollers	9	34	2002	2	poll__ers
polluter	10	3	540	2	polluter_
pollutes	10	3	761	2	pollute_s
polyesters	15	4	523	2	polyesters
posters	9	39	2801	2	po__sters
poulters	10	39	1105	2	poul_ters

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	121436	0.406	440125.6
2	DLD Change Limit	121436	17	4.296	28267.2
3	Display Results	17	17	0.016	1062.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	17	4.718	37874.3