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

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

18 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
centaurs	10	3	573	(None)
centaur	9	3	578	1	centaur_
centaury	13	4	395	1	centaury
centals	9	43	1705	2	centa_ls
centare	9	31	1370	2	centa_re
centares	10	29	1389	2	centares
centas	8	50	2070	2	centa__s
centaurea	11	4	350	2	centaurea
centaureas	12	4	269	2	centaureas
centauric	13	4	359	2	centauric
centauries	12	4	553	2	centauries
centavos	13	4	478	2	centavos
centers	9	44	2060	2	cent_ers
centners	10	5	724	2	centners
centrums	12	3	691	2	centrums
centums	11	39	878	2	cent_ums
century	12	3	719	2	cent_ury
contours	10	3	965	2	contours

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	121059	0.406	440125.6
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	18	6.060	19976.7
3	Display Results	18	18	0.016	1125.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	18	6.482	27567.3