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

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

18 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
sylvans	13	23	589	(None)
silvans	10	30	832	1	silvans
sylvan	12	25	736	1	sylvan_
sylvas	12	28	817	1	sylva_s
sylvins	13	24	624	1	sylvins
selvas	9	38	1291	2	selva_s
silvan	9	28	1015	2	silvan_
silvas	9	29	1218	2	silva_s
solans	6	41	2249	2	sol_ans
soldans	8	32	1040	2	soldans
suldans	8	29	972	2	suldans
sultans	7	24	1183	2	sultans
sylva	11	26	844	2	sylva__
sylvae	12	23	686	2	sylva_e
sylvin	12	24	730	2	sylvin_
sylvine	13	21	654	2	sylvine
sylvines	14	21	590	2	sylvines
xylans	16	3	588	2	xyl_ans

Search took 8 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	107671	0.250	714764.0
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	18	7.690	14001.4
3	Display Results	18	18	0.016	1125.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	18	7.956	22459.9