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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “stanza” 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.

23 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
stanza	15	3	707	(None)
stanzas	16	3	636	1	stanzas
kwanza	22	3	247	2	kwanza
sanga	6	60	2379	2	s_anga
stadia	7	3	1214	2	stadia
stance	8	43	1691	2	stance
stanch	11	38	1237	2	stanch
stand	6	59	2328	2	stan_d
stands	7	51	1805	2	stands
stane	5	59	3300	2	stan_e
staned	7	48	2464	2	staned
stanes	6	49	3340	2	stanes
stang	6	64	2468	2	stan_g
stangs	7	50	1816	2	stangs
stank	9	58	2330	2	stan_k
stanks	10	49	1770	2	stanks
stanol	6	3	1072	2	stanol
stanzaed	18	4	387	2	stanzaed
stanzaic	19	4	336	2	stanzaic
tanga	6	49	2368	2	_tanga
tanka	9	38	1748	2	_tanka
tazza	13	3	808	2	_tazza
zanza	13	7	870	2	_zanza

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	0.110	1624463.6
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	23	2.783	29662.6
3	Display Results	23	23	0.013	1769.2
	(SQL Overall)	178691	23	2.906	61490.4