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

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

25 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
bandana	10	17	946	(None)
banana	8	32	1341	1	ban_ana
bandanas	11	17	857	1	bandanas
bandanna	11	17	407	1	bandanna
bananas	9	33	1222	2	ban_anas
banda	8	52	2310	2	band__a
bandage	11	3	1102	2	bandage
bandaid	11	3	1048	2	bandaid
bandannas	12	16	328	2	bandannas
bandas	9	51	2054	2	banda_s
banding	11	49	2141	2	banding
bandora	10	3	881	2	bandora
banian	8	3	1538	2	banian_
banians	9	3	1203	2	banians
banyan	11	3	948	2	banyan_
banyans	12	3	791	2	banyans
lantana	7	3	960	2	lantana
manana	8	48	1607	2	man_ana
mandala	10	3	1021	2	mandala
nandina	8	3	891	2	nandina
pandani	10	3	990	2	pandani
randan	7	3	1525	2	randan_
randans	8	3	1321	2	randans
sardana	8	3	864	2	sardana
zanana	15	38	1036	2	zan_ana

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	107671	0.406	440125.6
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	25	3.766	28590.3
3	Display Results	25	25	0.016	1562.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	25	4.188	42667.4