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

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

19 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
canthus	12	4	871	(None)
acanthus	13	4	335	1	acanthus
cantus	8	51	1776	1	cant_us
acanthous	14	4	442	2	acanthous
cactus	10	49	1223	2	cact_us
calathus	13	4	503	2	calathus
canchas	14	32	1240	2	canchas
cantals	9	39	1957	2	cantals
canters	9	48	2773	2	canters
canthal	12	4	1005	2	canthal
canthi	11	3	1097	2	canth_i
cantles	9	47	2141	2	cantles
cantons	9	52	2120	2	cantons
cantors	9	46	2075	2	cantors
cantos	8	48	2697	2	cant_os
cants	7	70	3694	2	cant__s
ceanothus	14	4	230	2	ceanothus
dianthus	12	4	339	2	dianthus
xanthous	18	4	664	2	xanthous

Search took 8 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	0.843	211970.3
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	19	6.156	17490.4
3	Display Results	19	19	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	19	6.999	25530.9