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

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

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
fandangos	14	4	229	(None)
fandango	13	4	299	1	fandango_
andantes	9	3	1085	3	_andantes
bandages	12	3	1063	3	banda_ges
bandanas	11	17	857	3	bandan_as
bandannas	12	16	328	3	bandannas
fadings	12	46	930	3	fa_ding_s
findings	13	32	844	3	finding_s
fondants	12	4	620	3	fondan_ts
landings	10	31	1007	3	landing_s
mundungos	13	5	109	3	mundungos
pandanus	11	3	643	3	pandan_us
quandangs	20	4	225	3	quandang_s
randans	8	3	1321	3	randan__s

Search took 7 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	0.440	406115.9
2	DLD Change Limit	148641	14	6.546	22707.1
3	Display Results	14	14	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	14	6.986	25578.4