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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “servants” 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
servants	11	3	799	(None)
servant	10	3	1362	1	servant_
errants	7	4	1064	2	_errants
levants	10	3	772	2	le_vants
observants	15	5	335	2	observants
savants	10	3	865	2	s_avants
sealants	8	26	1074	2	sealants
seawants	11	33	797	2	seawants
secants	9	34	1389	2	se_cants
sergeants	10	11	559	2	sergeants
serjeants	16	7	396	2	serjeants
serpents	10	24	1037	2	serpents
serranos	8	5	787	2	serranos
servals	10	34	1074	2	serva_ls
servings	12	24	922	2	servings
sextants	15	28	738	2	sextants
versants	11	3	778	2	versants

Search took 4 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	0.123	1452772.4
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	17	3.313	36540.6
3	Display Results	17	17	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	17	3.436	52005.5