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

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

19 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
curtain	9	31	979	(None)
certain	9	26	1221	1	certain
curtail	9	29	966	1	curtail
curtains	10	25	970	1	curtains
captain	11	21	1106	2	captain
ceratin	9	30	2016	2	ceratin
contain	9	3	1583	2	contain
cortin	8	24	2315	2	cort_in
curating	11	3	1429	2	curating
curran	8	3	1202	2	curra_n
curtails	10	31	824	2	curtails
curtained	12	6	550	2	curtained
curtal	8	39	1454	2	curta_l
curtals	9	31	1162	2	curtals
curtate	9	3	1264	2	curtate
cutin	7	50	2278	2	cu_t_in
murrain	9	3	776	2	murrain
pertain	9	27	1496	2	pertain
sustain	7	3	877	2	sustain

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	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	19	3.016	35699.9
3	Display Results	19	19	0.013	1461.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	19	3.419	52264.1