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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “extravagances” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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.

12 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
extravagances	26	17	221	(None)
extravagance	25	15	250	1	extravagance_
extravagancies	27	7	145	1	extravagancies
extravagancy	28	16	218	2	extravaganc_y
extravaganzas	33	7	166	2	extravaganzas
extravagates	23	6	267	2	extravaga_tes
extravagant	22	7	281	3	extravagan__t
extravagantly	27	7	205	3	extravagantly
extravaganza	32	8	195	3	extravagan_za
extravagate	22	6	300	3	extravaga_te_
extravagated	24	6	250	3	extravaga_ted
extravasates	22	6	277	3	extravasa_tes

Search took 3 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	65874	0.093	1921408.6
2	DLD Change Limit	65874	12	2.546	25873.5
3	Display Results	12	12	0.016	750.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	12	2.655	67303.6