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

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

20 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
fahlbands	18	4	263	(None)
fahlband	17	4	264	1	fahlband_
alands	7	54	1837	3	_a_l_ands
armbands	13	5	514	3	_armbands
badlands	12	3	667	3	badl_ands
falbalas	13	4	547	3	fa_lbalas
fallbacks	20	4	435	3	fallbacks
fallboards	16	4	443	3	fallboards
farmhands	18	4	335	3	farmhands
farmlands	15	4	386	3	farmlands
fenlands	12	4	518	3	fenl_ands
flatlands	13	6	430	3	flatl_ands
garlands	10	3	832	3	garl_ands
hairbands	15	4	406	3	hairbands
hatbands	14	4	629	3	ha_tbands
lallands	9	33	858	3	la_llands
passbands	14	5	398	3	passbands
rainbands	12	4	419	3	rainbands
sarabands	12	4	559	3	sarabands
wavebands	18	4	335	3	wavebands

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	148641	0.436	409841.7
2	DLD Change Limit	148641	20	6.576	22603.6
3	Display Results	20	20	0.016	1250.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	20	7.028	25425.6