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

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

18 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
formants	13	26	995	(None)
formant	12	34	1600	1	formant_
formats	12	31	1357	1	forma_ts
dormant	10	28	1437	2	dormant_
ferments	13	3	1147	2	ferments
firmans	12	23	852	2	firman_s
foments	12	29	1205	2	fo_ments
fondants	12	4	620	2	fondants
foremasts	14	4	579	2	foremasts
forints	10	4	1183	2	for_ints
formals	12	33	1289	2	forma_ls
format	11	30	2136	2	forma_t_
formate	12	31	1509	2	forma_te
formates	13	28	1429	2	formates
gormands	12	6	656	2	gormands
informants	15	4	463	2	informants
mordants	11	3	714	2	mordants
torments	10	3	1045	2	torments

Search took 5 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	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	18	3.923	30858.8
3	Display Results	18	18	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	18	4.313	41430.8