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

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

19 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
vanilla	10	23	874	(None)
manilla	9	30	1247	1	manilla
vanillas	11	22	812	1	vanillas
ancilla	9	4	860	2	_ancilla
axilla	13	28	957	2	_axilla
barilla	9	3	1032	2	barilla
canella	9	3	1079	2	canella
latilla	7	3	795	2	latilla
manila	8	45	1830	2	mani_la
manillas	10	26	1116	2	manillas
manille	9	26	1327	2	manille
mantilla	10	4	816	2	mantilla
maxilla	16	24	819	2	maxilla
papilla	11	12	791	2	papilla
vanillic	13	4	426	2	vanillic
vanillin	11	4	590	2	vanillin
variola	10	6	889	2	variola
vexilla	17	4	466	2	vexilla
villa	8	53	2123	2	v__illa

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	0.123	1452772.4
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	19	3.220	33438.2
3	Display Results	19	19	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	19	3.343	53452.3