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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “contrabandists” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

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.

11 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
contrabandists	19	7	146	(None)
contrabandist	18	6	217	1	contrabandist_
contrabassists	18	11	131	2	contrabassists
contrabands	16	5	298	3	contraband___s
contrabassist	17	12	182	3	contrabassist_
contrapuntists	18	7	184	3	contrapuntists
contraband	15	5	342	4	contraband____
contrabass	14	5	321	4	contraba___s_s
contrabasses	16	5	229	4	contraba__sses
contradicts	16	5	458	4	contr__a_dicts
contrapuntist	17	6	276	4	contrapuntist_

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	65874	0.330	541487.9
2	DLD Change Limit	65874	11	3.860	17065.8
3	Display Results	11	11	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	11	4.190	42647.0