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

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

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
paragons	11	3	1150	(None)
paragon	10	3	1102	1	paragon_
argons	7	50	1820	2	_ar_gons
dragons	9	3	838	2	_dragons
jargons	15	5	820	2	jar_gons
martagons	12	4	512	2	martagons
paradors	11	34	1190	2	paradors
parados	10	38	1605	2	parado_s
paragoge	12	5	715	2	paragoge
paragoges	13	4	725	2	paragoges
paragoned	13	5	706	2	paragoned
paramos	11	32	1351	2	paramo_s
parasols	10	3	926	2	parasols
parazoans	20	4	560	2	parazoans
pardons	10	38	1762	2	par_dons
pargos	9	57	1904	2	par_go_s
parsons	9	35	1687	2	par_sons
partons	9	46	2051	2	par_tons
perigons	11	3	1008	2	perigons
tarragons	10	4	448	2	tarragons

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	121059	0.393	454684.5
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	20	3.670	32986.1
3	Display Results	20	20	0.016	1250.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	20	4.079	43807.6