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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “cardinals” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

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.

14 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
cardinals	12	4	799	(None)
cardinal	11	3	956	1	cardinal_
carbinols	13	4	611	2	carbinols
cardiacs	13	7	691	2	cardi_acs
cardias	10	7	1511	2	cardi_a_s
cardigans	13	4	515	2	cardigans
cardinally	16	4	539	2	cardinally
cardings	12	38	1263	2	cardin_gs
carinal	9	43	1823	2	car_inal_
carinas	9	36	2240	2	car_ina_s
carnivals	14	4	449	2	carnivals
cordials	11	3	962	2	cordi_als
marginals	12	4	600	2	marginals
ordinals	9	4	675	2	_ordinals

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	121436	0.453	394461.4
2	DLD Change Limit	121436	14	3.656	33215.5
3	Display Results	14	14	0.016	875.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	14	4.125	43319.0