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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “arcana” 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
arcana	8	9	1258	(None)
arcane	8	12	1674	1	arcane
arcade	9	10	1364	2	arcade
arcadia	10	3	970	2	arcadia
arcanum	11	7	644	2	arcanum
archaea	12	13	761	2	archaea
arcing	9	58	1964	2	arcing
arena	5	53	2381	2	ar_ena
argala	7	47	1267	2	argala
armada	9	3	878	2	armada
arrant	6	6	2325	2	arrant
asana	5	3	1548	2	a_sana
grana	6	57	2209	2	gr_ana
hariana	10	3	1024	2	hariana
jacana	15	3	793	2	jacana
organa	7	8	921	2	organa
ruana	5	3	1242	2	_ruana
sarcina	9	3	1073	2	sarcina
sardana	8	3	864	2	sardana
tartana	7	30	1019	2	tartana

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	0.326	548131.9
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	20	2.563	32208.7
3	Display Results	20	20	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	20	2.889	61852.2