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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “guanays” 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
guanays	11	3	495	(None)
guanay	10	3	791	1	guanay_
gamays	12	63	1091	2	g_amays
guaiacs	10	5	435	2	guaiacs
guanaco	10	6	458	2	guanaco
guanacos	11	6	381	2	guanacos
guanase	8	3	621	2	guanase
guanases	9	3	623	2	guanases
guanins	8	8	1001	2	guanins
guanos	7	38	1199	2	guan_os
guans	6	44	1944	2	guan__s
guavas	10	3	716	2	guava_s
gurneys	11	40	646	2	gurneys
iguanas	8	3	538	2	iguana_s
ruanas	6	3	1126	2	ruana_s

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	0.373	479064.3
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	15	3.186	33795.0
3	Display Results	15	15	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	15	3.559	50208.2