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

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

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.

16 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
propellants	15	15	357	(None)
propellant	14	12	585	1	propellant_
propellents	15	10	372	1	propellents
bipropellants	19	6	113	2	bipropellants
propellent	14	14	632	2	propellent_
repellants	12	4	417	2	_repellants
appellants	14	4	396	3	_appellants
bipropellant	18	6	153	3	bipropellant_
expellants	19	4	286	3	_expellants
propellers	14	5	520	3	propell_ers
propelling	15	5	693	3	propellin_g
propellors	14	4	443	3	propell_ors
protectants	15	5	436	3	protectants
protestants	13	5	455	3	protestants
repellant	11	4	682	3	_repellant_
repellents	12	4	514	3	_repellents

Search took 6 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	121633	0.376	475242.0
2	DLD Change Limit	121633	16	5.560	21876.4
3	Display Results	16	16	0.016	1000.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	16	5.952	30022.0