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

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

22 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
faunae	9	52	1037	(None)
fauna	8	48	1651	1	fauna_
faunal	9	47	1159	1	faunal
faunas	9	40	1363	1	faunas
aurae	5	41	2811	2	_aurae
faciae	11	29	1341	2	faciae
faculae	12	32	1035	2	faculae
faena	8	50	1420	2	faena_
faenas	9	44	1276	2	faenas
fane	7	53	4357	2	fa_n_e
faucal	11	33	996	2	faucal
faun	7	62	2662	2	faun__
fauns	8	45	1675	2	faun_s
fauve	11	47	1207	2	fau_ve
infaunae	11	4	377	2	infaunae
jaunce	15	36	743	2	jaunce
lacunae	9	11	680	2	lacunae
launce	8	46	918	2	launce
laurae	6	40	1166	2	laurae
sauna	5	41	1755	2	sauna_
saunaed	8	3	670	2	saunaed
saunas	6	39	1543	2	saunas

Search took 3 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	82551	0.356	501941.0
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	22	2.516	32810.4
3	Display Results	22	22	0.016	1375.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	22	2.888	61873.6