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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “scantness” 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
scantness	11	3	573	(None)
scantiness	12	3	688	1	scantiness
canoness	10	3	939	2	_canoness
saltness	8	26	1024	2	s_altness
saneness	8	23	1372	2	s_aneness
scaliness	11	4	930	2	scaliness
scanners	10	37	970	2	scan_ners
scantest	10	17	1018	2	scant_est
scanties	10	32	1542	2	scantie_s
scantiest	11	26	1101	2	scantiest
scantnesses	13	7	653	2	scantnesses
scariness	11	3	1018	2	scariness
scentless	11	3	511	2	scentless
smartness	11	3	614	2	smartness
swartness	12	3	611	2	swartness
vacantness	15	6	251	2	vacantness

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	121436	0.406	440125.6
2	DLD Change Limit	121436	16	3.673	33061.8
3	Display Results	16	16	0.016	1000.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	16	4.095	43636.4