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

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

18 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
stylish	13	19	744	(None)
stylise	10	20	895	1	stylise
stylist	10	21	1028	1	stylist
stablish	13	4	834	2	stablish
stonish	10	4	1065	2	stonish
styles	9	44	1865	2	styles_
styli	8	39	1117	2	styli__
styling	11	29	1065	2	styling
stylised	12	21	589	2	stylised
styliser	11	18	552	2	styliser
stylises	11	18	894	2	stylises
stylishly	18	4	351	2	stylishly
stylists	11	20	702	2	stylists
stylite	10	21	961	2	stylite
stylize	19	17	745	2	stylize
stylus	9	39	746	2	stylus_
sylis	8	43	1602	2	s_ylis_
unstylish	15	8	259	2	unstylish

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	0.406	440125.6
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	18	3.000	35890.3
3	Display Results	18	18	0.013	1384.6
	(SQL Overall)	178691	18	3.419	52264.1