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

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

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.

27 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
west	7	57	4808	(None)
best	6	63	5532	1	best
fest	7	49	4944	1	fest
gest	5	61	4913	1	gest
hest	7	59	5077	1	hest
jest	11	67	3850	1	jest
lest	4	69	5632	1	lest
nest	4	55	4873	1	nest
pest	6	55	5529	1	pest
rest	4	64	5984	1	rest
test	4	86	5162	1	test
vest	7	57	4360	1	vest
wast	7	56	5585	1	wast
weest	8	50	2677	1	weest
weet	7	52	5415	1	weet
weft	10	54	3501	1	weft
welt	7	55	4786	1	welt
went	7	60	5187	1	went
wept	9	56	3505	1	wept
wert	7	97	4982	1	wert
wests	8	57	2700	1	wests
wet	6	59	6662	1	we_t
wets	7	59	4029	1	wets
wist	7	80	4929	1	wist
wost	7	65	4436	1	wost
wrest	8	49	2543	1	wrest
zest	13	60	3570	1	zest

Search took 1 second 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	13983	0.060	2978183.3
2	DLD Change Limit	13983	27	0.296	47239.9
3	Display Results	27	27	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	27	0.356	501941.0