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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “applicants” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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
applicants	16	5	362	(None)
applicant	15	4	544	1	applicant_
applecarts	16	5	199	2	applecarts
supplicants	17	5	241	2	supplicants
appellants	14	4	396	3	appellants
appendants	15	4	406	3	appendants
applecart	15	5	360	3	applecart_
appliance	15	4	449	3	appli_ance
appliances	16	4	397	3	appli_ances
applicable	18	4	437	3	applicable
applicator	16	4	510	3	applicator
applicators	17	4	425	3	applicators
appoints	12	8	640	3	appoi__nts
aspirants	11	4	523	3	asp_irants
pelicans	12	3	809	3	_pelican_s
suppliants	14	4	330	3	suppli_ants
supplicant	16	5	368	3	supplicant_

Search took 10 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	0.406	440125.6
2	DLD Change Limit	140603	17	8.936	15734.4
3	Display Results	17	17	0.016	1062.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	17	9.358	19095.0