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

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

17 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
crankish	17	3	651	(None)
prankish	17	3	702	1	prankish
rankish	14	5	1038	1	_rankish
brackish	19	8	761	2	brackish
brandish	14	6	902	2	brandish
clannish	13	4	526	2	clannish
crankest	14	3	814	2	crankest
crankier	14	33	916	2	crankier
crankiest	15	3	882	2	crankiest
crankily	17	5	562	2	crankily
cranking	15	46	1307	2	cranking
cranks	12	50	1531	2	crank_s_
crawfish	19	4	423	2	crawfish
crayfish	19	4	425	2	crayfish
cronish	12	3	1086	2	cron_ish
orangish	12	4	655	2	orangish
rakish	13	43	1396	2	_ra_kish

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	121059	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	17	3.406	35542.9
3	Display Results	17	17	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	17	3.796	47073.5