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

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

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
variants	11	3	920	(None)
valiants	11	3	779	1	valiants
variant	10	3	1680	1	variant_
harianas	11	3	916	2	harianas
invariants	13	7	408	2	invariants
lariats	7	6	1505	2	laria_ts
parians	9	35	1973	2	parian_s
radiants	9	25	944	2	radiants
vagrants	12	4	614	2	vagrants
valiant	10	3	1462	2	valiant_
variance	13	9	741	2	variance
variances	14	11	736	2	variances
varias	9	50	1990	2	varia__s
variate	10	13	1643	2	varia_te
variates	11	12	1498	2	variates
varments	13	3	906	2	varments
varmints	13	3	564	2	varmints
versants	11	3	778	2	versants
vicariants	15	4	373	2	vicariants
warrants	11	6	850	2	warrants

Search took 5 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	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	20	3.703	32692.1
3	Display Results	20	20	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	20	4.093	43657.7