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

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

16 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
tangents	9	3	871	(None)
tangent	8	3	1499	1	tangent_
agents	7	48	1629	2	_a_gents
argents	8	40	1485	2	_argents
cotangents	13	4	416	2	cotangents
margents	11	4	1013	2	margents
pangenes	11	26	1282	2	pangenes
pangens	10	31	1206	2	pangen_s
taggants	10	4	493	2	taggants
talents	7	3	1201	2	ta_lents
tangelos	9	3	574	2	tangelos
tangence	11	4	670	2	tangence
tangences	12	4	644	2	tangences
tangency	14	4	456	2	tangency
tangental	10	4	478	2	tangental
targets	8	43	1422	2	targe_ts

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	0.406	440125.6
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	16	3.263	37100.5
3	Display Results	16	16	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	16	3.669	48702.9