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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “chimpanzees” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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.

12 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
chimpanzees	29	5	85	(None)
chimpanzee	28	5	136	1	chimpanzee_
campaniles	16	4	411	4	c_ampaniles
champagnes	20	4	267	4	champa_gnes
chicaners	16	8	536	4	chi_can_ers
chicanes	15	5	937	4	chi_can__es
chickadees	22	7	230	4	chicka_dees
chickarees	21	6	322	4	chicka_rees
chimneys	18	8	364	4	chim__n_eys
chivarees	17	4	438	4	chi_va_rees
companies	15	3	1180	4	c_ompan_ies
impanels	12	4	523	4	__impan_els

Search took 10 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	148819	0.436	409841.7
2	DLD Change Limit	148819	12	9.486	15688.3
3	Display Results	12	12	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	12	9.922	18009.6