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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “spaniels” 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
spaniels	10	4	596	(None)
spancels	12	4	527	1	spancels
spaniel	9	4	892	1	spaniel_
panels	8	47	1652	2	_pan_els
paniers	9	47	1733	2	_paniers
samiels	9	3	976	2	s_amiels
sanies	6	30	3195	2	s_anie_s
spails	8	48	1782	2	spa_i_ls
spancel	11	4	736	2	spancel_
spandrels	12	4	325	2	spandrels
spangles	11	3	889	2	spangles
spankers	14	36	986	2	spankers
spanless	10	24	736	2	spanless
spanners	10	37	1077	2	spanners
spavies	12	30	1294	2	spavie_s
spiels	8	53	1795	2	sp__iels
spinels	9	45	1244	2	spin_els

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	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	17	3.470	34887.3
3	Display Results	17	17	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	17	3.860	46293.0