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

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

21 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
crankest	14	3	814	(None)
crankiest	15	3	882	1	crankiest
frankest	15	3	696	1	frankest
rankest	11	27	1381	1	_rankest
blankest	14	43	906	2	blankest
clankiest	15	3	666	2	clankiest
crakes	12	49	2181	2	cra_kes_
cranes	8	43	3075	2	cran_es_
cranked	14	38	1284	2	cranke_d
cranker	13	36	1278	2	cranke_r
crankish	17	3	651	2	crankish
crankles	14	35	1015	2	crankles_
cranks	12	50	1531	2	crank_s_
crassest	10	34	1152	2	crassest
craziest	19	31	992	2	craziest
crookest	14	3	668	2	crookest
dankest	12	26	1167	2	_dankest
drunkest	13	3	442	2	drunkest
grandest	10	3	1157	2	grandest
lankest	11	27	1411	2	_lankest
swankest	15	10	593	2	swankest

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	121059	0.373	479064.3
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	21	3.516	34430.9
3	Display Results	21	21	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	21	3.889	45947.8