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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “candy” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

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.

10 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
candy	11	51	1982	(None)
bandy	11	48	2418	1	bandy
caddy	12	54	1402	1	caddy
canny	10	58	1769	1	canny
canty	10	52	2680	1	canty
dandy	10	44	1670	1	dandy
handy	12	55	2087	1	handy
pandy	11	50	2117	1	pandy
randy	9	50	2208	1	randy
sandy	9	42	2113	1	sandy

Search took 1 second 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	28756	0.076	2351197.4
2	DLD Change Limit	28756	10	0.546	52666.7
3	Display Results	10	10	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	10	0.622	287284.6