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

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

18 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
finance	12	3	858	(None)
fiance	11	3	1074	1	fi_ance
financed	14	3	512	1	financed
finances	13	3	866	1	finances
cofinance	16	4	555	2	cofinance
faineance	14	4	337	2	faineance
fiancee	12	3	895	2	fi_ancee
fiances	12	3	1067	2	fi_ances
finable	12	22	1362	2	finable
finagle	11	23	831	2	finagle
finale	9	41	1676	2	fina_le
financier	14	4	371	2	financier
inane	5	28	2034	2	_inan_e
nance	7	47	2184	2	__nance
penance	11	3	1344	2	penance
pinnace	11	35	1031	2	pinnace
refinance	14	11	765	2	refinance
sonance	9	3	1031	2	sonance

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	18	3.140	34290.1
3	Display Results	18	18	0.016	1125.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	18	3.546	50392.3