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

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

25 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
manatee	9	3	1766	(None)
manatees	10	3	1042	1	manatees
emanate	9	3	1247	2	emanat_e
emanated	11	3	916	2	emanated
emanates	10	3	1133	2	emanates
lanate	6	4	2126	2	lanat_e
lanated	8	3	1320	2	lanated
magnate	10	5	1270	2	magnat_e
magnates	11	5	1161	2	magnates
malate	8	46	2455	2	malat_e
malates	9	35	2260	2	malates
manacle	11	3	1028	2	manacle
manage	9	38	1890	2	mana_ge
managed	11	32	1260	2	managed
manager	10	34	1358	2	manager
manages	10	34	1896	2	manages
manat	7	60	3999	2	manat__
manats	8	46	2346	2	manat_s
mandate	10	3	1557	2	mandat_e
mandated	12	3	1029	2	mandated
mandates	11	3	1409	2	mandates
mantel	8	43	1797	2	man_tel
mantes	8	44	3078	2	man_tes
mantle	8	44	2092	2	man_tle
mentee	8	41	2129	2	men_tee

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	25	3.343	32207.9
3	Display Results	25	25	0.016	1562.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	25	3.732	47880.8