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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “ankush” 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
ankush	13	11	443	(None)
ankus	9	14	1068	1	ankus_
ablush	11	4	722	2	ablush
ambush	13	3	611	2	ambush
anguish	11	11	763	2	anguish
ankh	11	11	1441	2	ank__h
ankhs	12	11	672	2	ankhs_
ankuses	11	4	820	2	ankuses
ankushes	15	4	458	2	ankushes
anus	4	71	3111	2	an_us_
inrush	9	3	651	2	inrush
onrush	9	3	534	2	onrush
rankish	14	5	1038	2	rankish

Search took 3 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	82551	0.343	520965.0
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	13	2.220	37185.1
3	Display Results	13	13	0.013	1000.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	13	2.576	69367.6