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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “applicant” 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
applicant	15	4	544	(None)
applicants	16	5	362	1	applicants
applecart	15	5	360	2	applecart
supplicant	16	5	368	2	supplicant
appellant	13	4	635	3	appellant
appendant	14	5	573	3	appendant
applecarts	16	5	199	3	applecarts
appliance	15	4	449	3	appli_ance
applicable	18	4	437	3	applicable
applicator	16	4	510	3	applicator
appoint	11	6	1248	3	appoi__nt
aspirant	10	4	886	3	asp_irant
oppilant	12	4	602	3	opp_ilant
palpitant	13	4	531	3	palpitant
pelican	11	3	943	3	_pelican_
pelicans	12	3	809	3	_pelicans
pliant	8	39	1882	3	__pli_ant
suppliant	13	4	518	3	suppli_ant
supplicants	17	5	241	3	supplicants
unpliant	10	4	714	3	unpli_ant

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	148641	0.423	422437.4
2	DLD Change Limit	148641	20	6.766	21968.8
3	Display Results	20	20	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	20	7.189	24856.2