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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “tarantulas” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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
tarantulas	10	5	287	(None)
tarantula	9	5	289	1	tarantula_
tarantulae	10	5	230	1	tarantulae
tarantas	8	3	919	2	tarant__as
tarantellas	11	5	206	2	tarantellas
gargantuas	12	5	173	3	gargantu_as
marantas	10	3	1002	3	marant__as
ranulas	7	3	1177	3	__ran_ulas
tamanduas	12	4	257	3	tamandu_as
tarantases	10	4	489	3	tarantases
tarantella	10	5	215	3	tarantella
tarantisms	12	4	553	3	tarantisms
tarantists	10	5	533	3	tarantists

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	0.403	443402.0
2	DLD Change Limit	140603	13	6.266	22439.0
3	Display Results	13	13	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	13	6.669	26794.3