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

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

16 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
preplans	12	4	961	(None)
preplan	11	4	995	1	preplan_
preplant	12	7	1291	1	preplant
replans	9	28	1494	1	_replans
pieplant	12	6	873	2	pieplant
pieplants	13	5	543	2	pieplants
precleans	13	4	489	2	precleans
prepays	14	3	748	2	prep_ays
preplace	14	8	898	2	preplace
preplaces	15	7	875	2	preplaces
prolans	9	3	1427	2	pr_olans
replan	8	32	1582	2	_replan_
replant	9	33	1853	2	_replant
replants	10	28	1124	2	_replants
replays	12	39	976	2	_replays
trepans	9	23	1159	2	trep_ans

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	121059	0.826	216332.9
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	16	5.500	22010.7
3	Display Results	16	16	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	16	6.326	28247.1