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

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

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.

13 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
tamandua	11	4	259	(None)
tamandu	10	4	443	1	tamandu_
tamanduas	12	4	257	1	tamanduas
tamandus	11	4	394	1	tamandus
amanita	9	3	1045	3	_amanita
hamada	12	3	992	3	hama_d_a
mantua	8	44	1202	3	__mantua
ramada	9	3	1018	3	rama_d_a
tamarau	9	10	706	3	tamarau_
tamaraus	10	9	618	3	tamaraus
tamasha	12	12	543	3	tama_sha
tarantula	9	5	289	3	tarantula
wakanda	15	4	401	3	wakand_a

Search took 9 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	146162	0.423	422437.4
2	DLD Change Limit	146162	13	7.873	18565.0
3	Display Results	13	13	0.016	812.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	13	8.312	21498.0