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

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

20 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
wasteries	12	11	1536	(None)
masteries	11	10	1851	1	masteries
wasterie	11	12	1159	1	wasterie_
wastries	11	12	1288	1	wast_ries
arteries	8	3	2151	2	_arteries
asterias	8	3	1703	2	_asterias
batteries	11	6	1513	2	batteries
catteries	11	8	1555	2	catteries
cauteries	11	6	1540	2	cauteries
easterlies	10	4	671	2	easterlies
eateries	8	3	2432	2	ea_teries
mysteries	14	12	1119	2	mysteries
pastries	10	15	1742	2	past_ries
waggeries	14	12	746	2	waggeries
wasters	10	40	2659	2	waster__s
wastrie	10	12	1030	2	wast_rie_
waterier	11	3	1209	2	wa_terier
wateriest	12	3	1224	2	wa_teriest
westerlies	13	4	561	2	westerlies
wisterias	12	4	811	2	wisterias

Search took 8 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	0.623	286823.4
2	DLD Change Limit	121436	20	6.410	18944.8
3	Display Results	20	20	0.013	1538.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	20	7.046	25360.6