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

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

13 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
cnidarians	13	5	366	(None)
cnidarian	12	4	448	1	cnidarian_
unitarians	10	4	608	2	unitarians
apiarians	11	4	665	3	api_arians
caesarians	12	4	494	3	caesarians
cercarians	14	4	478	3	cercarians
cesarians	11	4	636	3	c_esarians
contrarians	13	4	635	3	contrarians
culinarians	13	5	479	3	culinarians
cybrarians	17	5	253	3	cybrarians
nidations	10	3	921	3	_nidations
sanitarians	11	4	624	3	sanitarians
unitarian	9	4	740	3	unitarian_

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	140603	0.406	440125.6
2	DLD Change Limit	140603	13	5.576	25215.7
3	Display Results	13	13	0.016	812.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	13	5.998	29791.8