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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “chicanes” 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
chicanes	15	5	937	(None)
chicane	14	8	955	1	chicane_
chicaned	16	6	587	1	chicaned
chicaner	15	8	607	1	chicaner
chicaners	16	8	536	1	chicaners
chicanos	15	9	599	1	chicanos
chicanery	19	10	305	2	chicanery
chicano	14	9	687	2	chican_o
chicas	13	59	1647	2	chica__s
chickees	19	25	851	2	chickees
chickens	19	26	743	2	chickens
chicles	14	35	1250	2	chic_les
chicness	15	3	559	2	chic_ness
chines	11	50	2917	2	chi__nes
chinones	13	5	1047	2	chinones

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	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	15	3.876	31233.0
3	Display Results	15	15	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	15	4.266	41887.2