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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “soothfast” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

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
soothfast	15	4	333	(None)
soothest	11	33	1224	2	sooth_est
southeast	12	4	679	2	southeast
northeast	12	6	654	3	northeast
outfast	10	14	1212	3	_out_fast
smoothest	14	21	577	3	smooth_est
soothers	11	39	1343	3	soothers_
soothes	10	39	1711	3	sooth_es_
sooths	9	57	1559	3	sooth__s_
soothsaid	13	5	256	3	soothsaid
soothsay	14	4	256	3	soothsa_y
soothsays	15	4	208	3	soothsays
sootiest	8	40	1675	3	soot_iest
southeasts	13	4	423	3	southeasts
southwest	15	4	545	3	southwest
toothiest	12	3	752	3	toothiest
toothpaste	15	5	214	3	toothpaste

Search took 9 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	148641	0.856	208751.2
2	DLD Change Limit	148641	17	7.830	18983.5
3	Display Results	17	17	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	17	8.686	20572.3