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

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

19 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
fronton	10	3	720	(None)
frontons	11	3	650	1	frontons
croton	8	44	1545	2	cro_ton
crouton	9	4	713	2	crouton
front	8	50	2922	2	front__
frontal	10	3	836	2	frontal
fronted	11	40	1127	2	fronted
fronter	10	36	1158	2	fronter
frontes	10	42	1416	2	frontes
fronting	12	3	1044	2	fronting
frontman	13	4	430	2	frontman
frontmen	13	4	442	2	frontmen
fronts	9	44	1579	2	front_s
ponton	8	32	1764	2	_ponton
pronto	8	3	1399	2	pronto_
proton	8	43	1889	2	pro_ton
ronion	6	33	1564	2	_ronion
ronyon	9	30	913	2	_ronyon
wonton	9	34	1096	2	_wonton

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	107671	0.733	243780.4
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	19	5.986	17987.1
3	Display Results	19	19	0.016	1187.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	19	6.735	26531.7