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

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

10 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
cavalry	15	5	496	(None)
cavally	15	8	848	1	cavally
calvary	15	3	718	2	calva_ry
canary	11	3	1469	2	cana_ry
cavalero	13	4	477	2	cavalero
cavalla	12	5	788	2	cavalla
chivalry	19	4	308	2	chivalry
covary	14	3	874	2	cova_ry
navally	13	6	647	2	navally
rivalry	13	5	403	2	rivalry

Search took 4 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	0.376	475242.0
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	10	3.576	30109.3
3	Display Results	10	10	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	10	3.952	45215.3