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

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

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
agnails	8	3	700	(None)
agnail	7	3	953	1	agnail_
agnates	8	28	1319	2	agnates
anils	5	63	2672	2	a_n_ils
annals	6	64	1592	2	anna_ls
anvils	9	21	971	2	a_nvils
assails	7	6	909	2	assails
avails	9	3	969	2	a_vails
gnarls	7	42	1077	2	_gnarls
grails	7	75	1878	2	_grails
hangnails	13	5	300	2	hangnails
nails	5	57	3040	2	__nails
renails	7	49	1726	2	renails
snails	6	48	1665	2	_snails
tenails	7	37	1392	2	tenails
unnails	7	3	822	2	unnails
wagtails	12	4	444	2	wagtails

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	0.373	479064.3
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	17	3.330	32333.6
3	Display Results	17	17	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	17	3.703	48255.7