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

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

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
allowances	15	4	382	(None)
allowance	14	4	436	1	allowance_
allowanced	16	5	230	1	allowanced
alliances	11	10	709	2	all_iances
allowables	15	5	280	2	allowables
allegiances	14	10	306	3	allegiances
allemandes	13	14	322	3	allemandes
alliance	10	9	726	3	all_iance_
allocates	11	4	1047	3	alloca_tes
allogamies	13	4	545	3	allogamies
allonges	9	3	731	3	allo__nges
allophanes	15	4	583	3	allophan_es
allowable	14	4	495	3	allowable_
allowancing	17	5	159	3	allowancing
alloxans	15	4	524	3	alloxan__s
annoyances	15	4	354	3	annoyances
arrogances	13	4	424	3	arrogances
assonances	12	4	391	3	assonances
dalliances	13	4	426	3	dall_iances
disallowances	19	6	124	3	~~dis~~allowances

Search took 6 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	140603	0.423	422437.4
2	DLD Change Limit	140603	20	5.313	26464.0
3	Display Results	20	20	0.013	1538.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	20	5.749	31082.1