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

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

21 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
outspan	9	3	874	(None)
outspans	10	3	822	1	outspans
dustpan	10	4	324	2	dustpan
outman	8	31	1503	2	out_man
outplan	9	24	944	2	outplan
outran	6	32	1889	2	out_ran
outsang	8	34	1127	2	outs_ang
outsat	6	29	2028	2	outs_at
outsaw	9	26	1028	2	outs_aw
outsay	9	26	1187	2	outs_ay
outseen	7	27	1233	2	outseen
outsin	6	36	1756	2	outs_in
outsoar	7	3	949	2	outsoar
outspeak	14	5	458	2	outspeak
outsped	10	11	1032	2	outsped
outspend	11	12	620	2	outspend
outspent	10	13	1021	2	outspent
outsprang	12	4	390	2	outsprang
outstand	9	3	804	2	outstand
outstay	10	4	768	2	outstay
outswam	12	4	661	2	outswam

Search took 5 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	0.123	1452772.4
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	21	4.266	25239.3
3	Display Results	21	21	0.016	1312.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	21	4.405	40565.5