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

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

20 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
manholes	13	3	1118	(None)
manhole	12	3	1134	1	manhole_
anoles	6	48	2743	2	_an_oles
mahoes	11	3	1310	2	ma_ho_es
manacles	12	3	952	2	manacles
mandolas	11	3	913	2	mandolas
mangles	10	40	2146	2	man_gles
mangoes	10	43	1613	2	mango_es
mangolds	12	3	519	2	mangolds
manhoods	14	4	724	2	manhoods
manilles	10	23	1260	2	manilles
maniples	12	26	942	2	maniples
mannoses	10	3	908	2	mannoses
manropes	12	3	791	2	manropes
mantles	9	48	2070	2	man_tles
maypoles	15	4	599	2	maypoles
mudholes	14	4	487	2	mudholes
pinholes	13	18	1066	2	pinholes
ratholes	11	3	1241	2	ratholes
tapholes	13	3	962	2	tapholes

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	0.393	454684.5
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	20	3.296	36729.1
3	Display Results	20	20	0.013	1538.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	20	3.702	48268.8