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

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

21 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
pulsars	9	35	891	(None)
pulsar	8	32	936	1	pulsar_
pulsers	9	42	1315	1	pulsers
bursars	9	45	1089	2	bursars
fulmars	12	4	642	2	fulmars
hussars	10	32	698	2	hussars
pillars	9	3	1349	2	pillars
polars	8	44	1935	2	pol_ars
pulers	8	38	2028	2	pul_ers
pullers	9	36	1848	2	pullers
pulpers	11	46	1228	2	pulpers
pulsant	9	3	1056	2	pulsant
pulsate	9	5	1023	2	pulsate
pulsates	10	4	881	2	pulsates
pulsators	11	7	537	2	pulsators
pulser	8	42	1519	2	pulser_
pulses	8	38	1866	2	puls_es
pursers	9	39	1609	2	pursers
quasars	16	4	690	2	quasars
tussars	7	35	925	2	tussars
vulgars	11	30	653	2	vulgars

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	0.360	496363.9
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	21	3.310	32529.0
3	Display Results	21	21	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	21	3.670	48689.6