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

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

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
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27 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
fanums	11	3	726	(None)
fanum	10	3	1344	1	fanum_
alums	7	57	2060	2	_alums
anus	4	71	3111	2	_anu_s
arums	7	55	1783	2	_arums
datums	9	3	635	2	datums
fandoms	13	22	947	2	fandoms
fanes	8	46	3989	2	fan_es
fangas	10	50	1720	2	fangas
fangs	9	62	2408	2	fan_gs
fanons	9	61	1521	2	fanons
fanos	8	59	2650	2	fan_os
fans	7	62	4737	2	fan__s
fantoms	12	18	915	2	fantoms
farms	10	63	2495	2	fa_rms
faunas	9	40	1363	2	faunas
fauns	8	45	1675	2	fa_uns
favus	11	43	1173	2	favu_s
forums	11	46	1184	2	forums
fraenums	13	5	340	2	fraenums
frenums	12	3	620	2	frenums
gaums	8	62	1707	2	ga_ums
larums	8	36	1053	2	larums
linums	8	3	828	2	linums
magnums	12	3	468	2	magnums
manus	7	59	2493	2	manu_s
oakums	12	6	415	2	oakums

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	82551	0.403	443402.0
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	27	3.000	27517.0
3	Display Results	27	27	0.016	1687.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	27	3.419	52264.1