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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “zoantharians” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

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.

11 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
zoantharians	24	8	173	(None)
zoantharian	23	7	198	1	zoantharian_
contrarians	13	4	635	3	co_ntrarians
antiarins	9	4	1389	4	__antiari_ns
cantharides	17	5	403	4	_cantharides
cantharidins	18	12	221	4	_cantharidins
cantharis	14	4	718	4	_canthari__s
contrarian	12	4	793	4	co_ntrarian_
holothurians	18	13	160	4	holothurians
planarians	12	4	519	4	plan__arians
sanitarians	11	4	624	4	_sanitarians

Search took 8 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	124790	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	124790	11	6.796	18362.3
3	Display Results	11	11	0.016	687.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	11	7.202	24811.3