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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “allegiant” 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
allegiant	10	4	726	(None)
allegiants	11	4	387	1	allegiants
alleviant	12	4	614	1	alleviant
allegiance	13	9	315	2	allegiance
alleging	10	3	847	2	allegi_ng
alleviants	13	5	341	2	alleviants
allegiances	14	10	306	3	allegiances
allergin	9	13	630	3	allergi_n_
allergins	10	14	638	3	allergi_ns
allergist	10	4	684	3	allergi_st
alleviate	12	4	606	3	alleviate
allograft	13	5	489	3	allograft
alterant	8	6	1496	3	alte_rant
alternant	9	7	713	3	alternant
collegian	12	4	504	3	collegian_
collegians	13	4	442	3	collegians
elegant	8	3	1150	3	_eleg_ant

Search took 7 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	148641	0.436	409841.7
2	DLD Change Limit	148641	17	6.220	23897.3
3	Display Results	17	17	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	17	6.656	26846.6