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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “staircases” 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
staircases	12	4	346	(None)
staircase	11	4	321	1	staircase_
braincases	14	4	400	3	braincases
carcases	12	3	1309	3	_ca_rcases
gearcases	12	5	469	3	gea_rcases
sarcasms	12	4	498	3	s_a_rcasms
satirises	9	4	1019	3	satir_ises
satyriases	13	4	316	3	satyriases
slipcases	13	6	426	3	s_lipcases
smearcases	14	4	304	3	smearcases
smiercases	14	4	329	3	smiercases
stairless	9	18	562	3	stairles_s
stairways	15	8	240	3	stairwa_ys
starches	13	19	1291	3	sta_rc_hes
stargazes	19	4	408	3	sta_rgazes
starnoses	9	15	715	3	sta_rnoses
suitcases	11	4	445	3	s_uitcases

Search took 10 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	140603	0.423	422437.4
2	DLD Change Limit	140603	17	8.673	16211.6
3	Display Results	17	17	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	17	9.096	19645.0