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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “sovrans” 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
sovrans	10	3	648	(None)
sovran	9	3	715	1	sovran_
lorans	6	51	1760	2	lo_rans
sarans	6	42	2443	2	s_arans
shorans	10	28	1241	2	shorans
solans	6	41	2249	2	so_lans
soldans	8	32	1040	2	soldans
somans	8	46	1930	2	so_mans
soprani	9	3	740	2	soprani
soprano	9	3	700	2	soprano
sopranos	10	4	643	2	sopranos
soras	5	50	4101	2	so_ra_s
sorns	5	50	2842	2	so_r_ns
soudans	8	30	935	2	soudans
sovranly	14	4	345	2	sovranly
sovranty	14	4	346	2	sovranty
sowans	9	42	1589	2	so_wans
sporrans	10	4	552	2	sporrans

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	0.360	496363.9
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	18	3.483	30913.3
3	Display Results	18	18	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	18	3.843	46497.8