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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “talkathons” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

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.

20 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
talkathons	17	9	222	(None)
talkathon	16	9	242	1	talkathon_
walkathons	20	9	174	1	walkathons
walkathon	19	9	185	2	walkathon_
alations	8	25	1889	3	_al_ations
calathos	13	4	752	3	cal_atho_s
halations	12	3	1239	3	hal_ations
lallations	10	3	874	3	lallations
malathions	15	4	387	3	mal_athions
marathons	14	4	641	3	ma_rathons
palmations	14	3	873	3	palmations
palpations	14	3	765	3	palpations
saltations	10	3	1062	3	saltations
salvations	13	3	813	3	salvations
saskatoons	14	4	151	3	saskatoons
tarnations	10	3	890	3	tarnations
taxations	16	3	686	3	ta_xations
telethons	12	4	602	3	tel_ethons
vallations	13	3	908	3	vallations
valuations	13	4	878	3	valuations

Search took 7 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	140603	0.406	440125.6
2	DLD Change Limit	140603	20	5.766	24384.8
3	Display Results	20	20	0.016	1250.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	20	6.188	28877.0