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

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

15 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
expanse	16	14	560	(None)
expanses	17	15	617	1	expanses
expense	16	12	787	1	expense
expand	16	23	657	2	expan_d
expanded	19	14	516	2	expanded
expander	18	14	580	2	expander
expands	17	19	573	2	expands
expansile	18	4	394	2	expansile
expansive	21	4	439	2	expansive
expats	15	3	768	2	expats_
expensed	18	12	641	2	expensed
expenses	17	13	837	2	expenses
expose	15	4	952	2	exp_ose
expulse	16	7	451	2	expulse
expunge	17	4	331	2	expunge

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	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	15	3.190	33752.7
3	Display Results	15	15	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	15	3.580	49913.7