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

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

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
variance	13	9	741	(None)
valiance	13	9	738	1	valiance
variances	14	11	736	1	variances
covariance	17	5	393	2	covariance
invariance	15	5	408	2	invariance
parlance	12	4	872	2	parlance
radiance	11	4	812	2	radiance
tarriance	11	4	427	2	tarriance
valance	12	6	925	2	va_lance
valiances	14	8	720	2	valiances
valiancy	16	7	481	2	valiancy
variable	13	3	1006	2	variable
variant	10	3	1680	2	varian_t
variants	11	3	920	2	variants
variate	10	13	1643	2	varia_te
vicariance	17	5	273	2	vicariance

Search took 5 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	121059	0.156	1145455.1
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	16	3.940	30725.6
3	Display Results	16	16	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	16	4.096	43625.7