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

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

10 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
chances	14	52	1809	(None)
chance	13	46	1709	1	chance_
chanced	15	41	1321	1	chanced
chancel	14	40	1178	1	chancel
chancels	15	43	909	1	chancels
chancer	14	42	1563	1	chancer
chancers	15	43	1349	1	chancers
chancres	15	42	936	1	chancres
changes	13	45	1758	1	changes
hances	11	56	2128	1	_hances

Search took 2 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	69583	0.330	541487.9
2	DLD Change Limit	69583	10	1.263	55093.4
3	Display Results	10	10	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	10	1.593	112172.6