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

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

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
archean	12	6	912	(None)
archaean	13	13	516	1	archaean
archaea	12	13	761	2	archaea
archaeal	13	11	546	2	archaeal
archaeans	14	13	414	2	archaeans
archaeon	13	13	407	2	archaeon
arched	12	57	1732	2	arche_d
archer	11	50	1624	2	arche_r
archers	12	44	1457	2	archers
archery	15	47	806	2	archery
arches	11	48	2204	2	arche_s
archon	11	3	1175	2	arch_on
archway	18	4	489	2	archway
barchan	14	6	913	2	barch_an
larchen	12	47	962	2	larche_n
marchen	14	33	1207	2	marche_n

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	0.373	479064.3
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	16	3.266	32967.2
3	Display Results	16	16	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	16	3.639	49104.4