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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “deewans” 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
deewans	11	30	690	(None)
deewan	10	26	755	1	deewan_
dewans	10	52	1514	1	d_ewans
deans	6	61	3139	2	d_e_ans
dedans	8	59	1507	2	d_edans
deejays	18	4	343	2	deejays
deepens	10	30	781	2	deepens
demeans	10	3	972	2	demeans
desmans	10	3	900	2	desmans
dewan	9	57	1804	2	d_ewan_
dewars	10	51	1707	2	d_ewars
diwans	10	51	1037	2	d_iwans
leeways	13	5	445	2	leeways
seawans	10	37	994	2	seawans
sewans	9	52	1590	2	_sewans

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	107671	0.376	475242.0
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	15	2.860	37647.2
3	Display Results	15	15	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	15	3.236	55219.7