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

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

14 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
chanter	12	39	1973	(None)
canter	8	52	3011	1	c_anter
chancer	14	42	1563	1	chancer
changer	13	42	1554	1	changer
chanted	13	40	1595	1	chanted
chanters	13	40	1672	1	chanters
chantey	15	41	1254	1	chantey
chantor	12	37	1031	1	chantor
chapter	14	42	1385	1	chapter
charter	12	39	1830	1	charter
chaster	12	47	1850	1	chaster
chatter	12	44	1664	1	chatter
chaunter	13	6	638	1	chaunter
chunter	12	39	1147	1	chunter

Search took 2 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	69583	0.110	1624463.6
2	DLD Change Limit	69583	14	1.216	57222.9
3	Display Results	14	14	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	14	1.326	134759.4