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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “candela” 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
candela	10	8	974	(None)
candelas	11	3	953	1	candelas
caldera	10	3	796	2	caldera
cancel	10	53	1668	2	cancel_
cancels	11	41	1331	2	cancels
candent	10	4	1736	2	candent
candida	11	41	1025	2	candida
candle	9	43	2148	2	cand_le
candled	11	38	1574	2	candled
candler	10	35	1659	2	candler
candles	10	44	2234	2	candles
canella	9	3	1079	2	canella
cannel	8	42	1640	2	cannel_
cannels	9	34	1336	2	cannels
cannula	9	3	743	2	cannula
canola	8	3	1362	2	can_ola
cantala	9	41	1467	2	cantala
canula	8	3	1296	2	can_ula
mandala	10	3	1021	2	mandala
mandola	10	3	902	2	mandola

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	107671	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	20	3.936	27355.4
3	Display Results	20	20	0.016	1250.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	20	4.342	41154.1