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

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

23 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
levants	10	3	772	(None)
levant	9	3	1449	1	levant_
bezants	18	7	734	2	bezants
decants	10	35	1444	2	decants
deviants	12	3	673	2	deviants
eluants	7	3	758	2	eluants
events	9	48	1407	2	_events
gelants	8	26	1144	2	gelants
leans	5	55	3625	2	le_an_s
leant	5	67	3778	2	le_ant_
leasts	6	46	1641	2	le_asts
lemans	8	53	1639	2	leman_s
levanted	12	4	532	2	levanted
levanter	11	4	530	2	levanter
levanters	12	5	499	2	levanters
levins	9	45	1465	2	levin_s
lovats	9	3	907	2	lova_ts
pedants	10	3	1011	2	pedants
recants	9	32	1709	2	recants
savants	10	3	865	2	savants
secants	9	34	1389	2	secants
servants	11	3	800	2	servants
tenants	7	3	1101	2	tenants

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	23	3.220	33438.2
3	Display Results	23	23	0.016	1437.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	23	3.609	49512.6