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

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

17 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
canikins	14	21	916	(None)
canakins	14	20	1046	1	canakins
canikin	13	18	975	1	canikin_
cannikins	15	22	568	1	cannikins
manikins	14	18	972	1	manikins
anilins	7	4	1679	2	_anilins
calkins	13	38	1487	2	ca_lkins
canakin	13	18	1083	2	canakin_
canities	10	15	1926	2	canities
cannikin	14	19	607	2	cannikin_
catkins	13	30	1256	2	ca_tkins
manakins	14	20	976	2	manakins
manikin	13	21	1024	2	manikin_
mannikins	15	21	509	2	mannikins
minikins	14	20	832	2	minikins
nankins	11	5	905	2	nan_kins
pannikins	15	20	484	2	pannikins

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	121059	0.376	475242.0
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	17	3.390	35710.6
3	Display Results	17	17	0.016	1062.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	17	3.782	47247.8