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

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

17 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
billycan	15	4	322	(None)
billycans	16	4	287	1	billycans
ballyrag	14	4	343	3	ballyrag
bellman	11	3	718	3	bell_man
bellyband	17	5	202	3	bellyband
biblical	14	4	592	3	biblical
billhead	14	6	443	3	billhead
billion	9	22	1217	3	bill_ion
billon	8	37	1383	3	bill__on
billy	10	55	2536	3	billy___
billycock	22	5	151	3	billycock
bullyrag	14	4	321	3	bullyrag
gallican	11	5	533	3	gallican
glycan	12	3	490	3	__glycan
oilcan	8	3	779	3	oi_l_can
tallyman	13	4	421	3	tallyman
willywaw	16	4	194	3	willywaw

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	146162	0.440	406115.9
2	DLD Change Limit	146162	17	7.296	20033.2
3	Display Results	17	17	0.013	1307.7
	(SQL Overall)	178691	17	7.749	23059.9