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

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

20 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
observants	15	5	335	(None)
observant	14	4	445	1	observant_
observance	17	12	403	2	observance
observances	18	11	382	2	observances
observantly	19	5	249	2	observantly
servants	11	3	799	2	__servants
aberrants	11	4	585	3	ab_errants
absorbants	14	5	350	3	absorbants
inobservant	16	5	193	3	inobservant_
menservants	16	5	184	3	menservants
obscurants	14	17	302	3	obscurants
observable	17	4	333	3	observable
observables	18	5	200	3	observables
observably	20	5	264	3	observably
observers	14	4	396	3	observ_ers
observes	13	4	616	3	observ__es
observing	15	4	438	3	observin_g
obstruents	12	5	332	3	obstruents
operants	10	3	948	3	o_per_ants
servant	10	3	1362	3	__servant_

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	140603	0.156	1145455.1
2	DLD Change Limit	140603	20	6.030	23317.2
3	Display Results	20	20	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	20	6.186	28886.4