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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “lifespan” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

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
lifespan	13	8	249	(None)
lifespans	14	6	246	1	lifespans
linesman	10	4	625	2	linesman
finespun	13	4	188	3	finespun
firepan	12	3	698	3	fire_pan
inspan	8	3	751	3	_i_nspan
lifeboat	13	4	493	3	lifeboat
lifeway	16	4	427	3	life_way
liftman	12	4	406	3	lif_tman
lineman	9	3	912	3	line_man
linesmen	10	4	656	3	linesmen
linksman	14	4	415	3	linksman
milesian	10	4	647	3	milesian
sidespin	11	4	394	3	sidespin
wingspan	14	4	279	3	wingspan

Search took 9 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	146162	0.423	422437.4
2	DLD Change Limit	146162	15	7.576	19292.8
3	Display Results	15	15	0.016	937.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	15	8.015	22294.6