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

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

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.

15 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
candelas	11	3	953	(None)
candela	10	8	974	1	candela_
calderas	11	4	788	2	calderas
cancels	11	41	1331	2	cancel_s
candidas	12	33	864	2	candidas
candlers	11	42	1410	2	candlers
candles	10	44	2234	2	cand_les
canellas	10	3	1056	2	canellas
cannels	9	34	1336	2	cannel_s
cannulas	10	3	758	2	cannulas
canolas	9	3	1399	2	can_olas
cantalas	10	40	1352	2	cantalas
canulas	9	3	1285	2	can_ulas
mandalas	11	3	944	2	mandalas
mandolas	11	3	913	2	mandolas

Search took 5 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	121059	0.406	440125.6
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	15	3.843	31501.2
3	Display Results	15	15	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	15	4.249	42054.8