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

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

18 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
banishing	15	3	714	(None)
vanishing	16	4	630	1	vanishing
bashing	13	54	2258	2	ba__shing
blandishing	18	5	290	2	blandishing
brandishing	18	5	336	2	brandishing
burnishing	16	4	391	2	burnishing
evanishing	17	4	386	2	evanishing
famishing	18	4	523	2	famishing
finishing	16	4	584	2	finishing
garnishing	15	4	457	2	garnishing
lavishing	16	4	455	2	lavishing
minishing	15	4	707	2	minishing
monishing	15	4	754	2	monishing
planishing	16	4	532	2	planishing
punishing	15	4	538	2	punishing
ravishing	16	3	498	2	ravishing
tarnishing	14	4	515	2	tarnishing
varnishing	17	4	447	2	varnishing

Search took 4 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	121436	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	121436	18	3.500	34696.0
3	Display Results	18	18	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	18	3.890	45936.0