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

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

22 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
cetacean	12	4	391	(None)
cetaceans	13	4	349	1	cetaceans
cesarean	10	4	462	2	cesarean
testacean	11	4	236	2	testacean
betaken	13	43	828	3	betake_n
caducean	13	4	223	3	caducean
caesarean	11	4	326	3	caesarean
cerulean	10	5	377	3	cerulean
cesareans	11	4	377	3	cesareans
cesarian	10	4	818	3	cesarian
cetaceous	13	4	494	3	cetaceous
cetane	8	3	1528	3	cetane__
cetanes	9	3	1513	3	cetane_s
clachan	14	3	718	3	c_lachan
cotquean	19	4	227	3	cotquean
crustacean	14	5	178	3	crustacean
lethean	10	3	709	3	let_hean
metazoan	19	4	508	3	metazoan
nectarean	11	4	291	3	nectarean
panacean	12	4	473	3	panacean
retaken	11	39	1180	3	retake_n
testaceans	12	5	191	3	testaceans

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	146162	0.436	409841.7
2	DLD Change Limit	146162	22	7.516	19446.8
3	Display Results	22	22	0.013	1692.3
	(SQL Overall)	178691	22	7.965	22434.5