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

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

21 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
silvans	10	30	833	(None)
silvan	9	28	1015	1	silvan_
silvas	9	29	1218	1	silva_s
sylvans	13	23	589	1	sylvans
divans	10	46	1239	2	di_vans
oilcans	9	3	681	2	oilcans
selvas	9	38	1291	2	selva_s
silane	6	27	1805	2	sil_ane
silanes	7	25	1716	2	sil_anes
silva	8	27	1402	2	silva__
silvae	9	28	1109	2	silva_e
silvers	10	47	1404	2	silvers
silvics	12	3	556	2	silvics
simians	9	5	920	2	simians
solans	6	41	2249	2	sol_ans
soldans	8	32	1040	2	soldans
suldans	8	29	972	2	suldans
sultans	7	24	1183	2	sultans
sylvan	12	25	736	2	sylvan_
sylvas	12	28	817	2	sylva_s
sylvins	13	24	624	2	sylvins

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	0.373	479064.3
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	21	3.300	32627.6
3	Display Results	21	21	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	21	3.673	48649.9