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

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

17 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
quango	16	3	649	(None)
quangos	17	3	465	1	quangos
fungo	9	44	1313	2	fu_ngo
guano	6	92	1398	2	guan_o
mango	8	57	2432	2	_mango
mungo	8	49	1605	2	mu_ngo
quag	14	48	1594	2	qua_g_
quagga	17	5	414	2	quagga
quaggy	20	8	468	2	quaggy
quags	15	46	1325	2	qua_gs
quahog	19	4	410	2	quahog
quaigh	19	3	546	2	quaigh
quant	14	36	2481	2	quan_t
quanta	15	39	1133	2	quanta
quants	15	36	1414	2	quants
quarto	15	35	1112	2	quarto
tango	6	69	2117	2	_tango

Search took 3 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	82551	0.343	520965.0
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	17	2.376	34743.7
3	Display Results	17	17	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	17	2.719	65719.4