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

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

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
canthal	12	4	1005	(None)
cantal	8	41	2203	1	cant_al
acantha	12	5	466	2	acantha_
acanthae	13	4	337	2	acanthae
antral	6	57	1941	2	_antral
benthal	12	4	796	2	benthal
canal	7	54	2804	2	can__al
cancha	13	44	1161	2	cancha_
canchas	14	32	1240	2	canchas
cantala	9	41	1467	2	cant_ala
cantals	9	39	1957	2	cant_als
canthi	11	3	1097	2	canth_i
canthus	12	4	871	2	canthus
cantonal	10	3	890	2	cantonal
cantrap	11	33	1028	2	cantrap
cental	8	44	2096	2	cent_al
central	9	31	1447	2	central
conchal	14	42	1159	2	conchal
gnathal	11	4	435	2	gnathal
xanthan	17	3	601	2	xanthan

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	107671	0.453	394461.4
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	20	4.936	21813.4
3	Display Results	20	20	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	20	5.389	33158.5