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

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

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60 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
dishpans	14	11	583	(None)
dishpan	13	10	552	1	dishpan_
dishrags	13	4	620	2	dishrags
dustpans	11	4	323	2	dustpans
ashcans	12	3	518	3	_ashcans
darshans	12	8	654	3	darsh_ans
dasheens	12	4	469	3	dasheens
dashpots	14	4	419	3	dashpots
deadpans	12	20	517	3	deadpans
desmans	10	3	900	3	des_mans
dioxans	15	5	531	3	di_oxans
dipnoans	11	4	410	3	dipnoans
dirhams	13	37	631	3	dirh_ams
disband	11	3	824	3	dis_band
disbands	12	3	735	3	dis_bands
disbars	10	3	1032	3	dis_bars
discant	10	30	1725	3	dis_cant
discants	11	29	1202	3	dis_cants
discerns	11	3	816	3	discerns
disdains	10	3	791	3	disdains
dishelms	14	4	472	3	dishelms
dishes	10	46	2265	3	dish__es
dishfuls	15	5	431	3	dishfuls
dishing	12	40	1710	3	dish_ing
dishrag	12	4	627	3	dishra_g
dishware	15	4	543	3	dishware
dishwares	16	4	586	3	dishwares
disjoins	16	4	762	3	disjoins
dislimns	11	4	481	3	dislimns
dismals	10	20	1024	3	dis_mals
dismays	13	23	743	3	dis_mays
disowns	11	3	673	3	dis_owns
dispart	10	11	1528	3	dis_part
disparts	11	10	995	3	dis_parts
dispels	10	3	1050	3	dis_pels
dispend	11	28	941	3	dis_pend
dispends	12	30	853	3	dis_pends
dispense	11	12	978	3	dis_pense
displant	11	4	1222	3	displant
displants	12	4	807	3	displants
displays	14	4	629	3	displays
disseats	9	32	1150	3	disseats
distains	9	4	1360	3	distains
distant	8	35	1995	3	dis_tant
distrains	10	4	1133	3	distrains
divans	10	46	1239	3	di__vans
diwans	10	51	1037	3	di__wans
dustpan	10	4	324	3	dustpan_
firepans	13	4	715	3	firepans
fishpond	17	7	322	3	fishpond
fishponds	18	5	251	3	fishponds
fishways	20	4	364	3	fishways
inspans	9	3	780	3	_inspans
kishkas	13	4	348	3	kishka_s
mishaps	14	3	871	3	mish_aps
mishears	13	3	832	3	mishears
mispens	11	3	1107	3	mis_pens
misplans	12	3	886	3	misplans
pushpins	15	4	334	3	pushpins
spans	7	45	2873	3	__s_pans

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	146162	0.156	1145455.1
2	DLD Change Limit	146162	60	6.343	23043.0
3	Display Results	60	60	0.046	1304.3
	(SQL Overall)	178691	60	6.545	27301.9