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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “savaging” 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
savaging	13	5	667	(None)
ravaging	13	4	632	1	ravaging
salvaging	14	6	528	1	salvaging
damaging	13	3	739	2	damaging
garaging	11	3	904	2	garaging
managing	12	3	909	2	managing
sagging	10	31	1610	2	sa_gging
savagism	14	4	488	2	savagism
savarin	10	3	1000	2	savarin_
savarins	11	3	989	2	savarins
saving	10	47	2451	2	sav__ing
savoring	12	6	948	2	savoring
savvying	18	6	272	2	savvying
staging	9	38	1837	2	s_taging
stravaging	15	4	372	2	stravaging
swaging	12	42	1063	2	s_waging

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	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	16	3.876	31233.0
3	Display Results	16	16	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	16	4.266	41887.2