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

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

13 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
tangrams	11	3	616	(None)
pangrams	13	3	715	1	pangrams
tangram	10	3	807	1	tangram_
anagrams	11	4	659	2	_anagrams
engrams	10	3	807	2	_engrams
mantrams	12	28	896	2	mantrams
nanograms	12	4	484	2	nanograms
pangram	12	3	902	2	pangram_
tagrags	9	3	612	2	ta_grags
tantras	7	31	1209	2	tantra_s
tantrums	10	4	511	2	tantrums
trangams	11	4	720	2	trang_ams
trigrams	11	11	635	2	trigrams

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	121059	0.143	1249587.4
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	13	7.060	17147.2
3	Display Results	13	13	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	13	7.203	24807.9