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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “calamanders” 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
calamanders	16	6	290	(None)
calamander	15	5	354	1	calamander_
salamanders	14	6	219	1	salamanders
salamander	13	5	286	2	salamander_
alexanders	18	4	244	3	_alexanders
calamancoes	17	5	181	3	calamancoes
calamancos	16	5	227	3	calaman_cos
calamaries	14	4	687	3	calamarie_s
calamars	12	3	813	3	calama___rs
calamines	13	3	1222	3	calamin_e_s
calamondins	16	5	245	3	calamondins
calenders	12	3	740	3	cal__enders
caravaners	15	4	413	3	caravan_ers
caravanners	16	5	237	3	caravanners
colanders	12	3	801	3	col__anders
commanders	17	14	668	3	c_ommanders
malanders	12	3	702	3	mal__anders

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	121633	0.406	440125.6
2	DLD Change Limit	121633	17	6.376	19076.7
3	Display Results	17	17	0.013	1307.7
	(SQL Overall)	178691	17	6.795	26297.4