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

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

12 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
chanson	12	3	804	(None)
chansons	13	3	747	1	chansons
cannon	8	45	1444	2	c_annon
canon	7	47	2530	2	c_an_on
canso	7	50	1940	2	c_anso_
cansos	8	49	1538	2	c_ansos
canton	8	57	2299	2	c_anton
canyon	11	45	1203	2	c_anyon
chanfron	16	4	480	2	chanfron
chantor	12	37	1031	2	chantor
classon	9	3	769	2	classon
hansom	11	21	915	2	_hansom

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	107671	0.140	1276364.3
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	12	3.703	29076.7
3	Display Results	12	12	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	12	3.843	46497.8