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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “silvan” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
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27 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
silvan	9	28	1015	(None)
silva	8	27	1402	1	silva_
silvae	9	28	1109	1	silvae
silvans	10	30	833	1	silvans
silvas	9	29	1218	1	silvas
sylvan	12	25	736	1	sylvan
divan	9	61	1484	2	di_van
oilcan	8	3	779	2	oilcan
oilman	8	3	948	2	oilman
selva	8	30	1427	2	selva_
selvas	9	38	1291	2	selvas
siccan	10	3	759	2	siccan
silane	6	27	1805	2	sil_ane
silken	10	44	1085	2	silken
silver	9	38	1581	2	silver
silvern	10	34	714	2	silvern
silvex	16	33	672	2	silvex
simian	8	8	1116	2	simian
solan	5	53	2815	2	sol_an
soldan	7	35	1185	2	soldan
suldan	7	26	1104	2	suldan
sultan	6	30	1259	2	sultan
sylva	11	26	844	2	sylva_
sylvae	12	23	686	2	sylvae
sylvans	13	23	589	2	sylvans
sylvas	12	28	817	2	sylvas
sylvin	12	24	730	2	sylvin

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	27	2.376	34743.7
3	Display Results	27	27	0.016	1687.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	27	2.735	65334.9