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

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

14 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
strangling	12	5	640	(None)
straggling	13	4	430	1	straggling
estranging	12	4	602	2	estrang_ing
spangling	13	3	637	2	s_pangling
stanging	10	40	1365	2	st_ang_ing
straddling	13	4	364	2	straddling
stranding	11	4	965	2	stran_ding
strandline	11	4	536	2	strandline
strangering	13	4	518	2	strangering
stringing	11	3	975	2	string_ing
struggling	13	4	250	2	struggling
tangling	10	17	1254	2	_t_angling
twangling	14	3	445	2	_twangling
wrangling	14	5	622	2	_wrangling

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	108824	0.373	479064.3
2	DLD Change Limit	108824	14	2.703	40260.5
3	Display Results	14	14	0.016	875.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	14	3.092	57791.4