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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “gowaned” 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
gowaned	12	3	576	(None)
gowned	11	44	1013	1	gow_ned
downed	11	53	1478	2	dow_ned
gleaned	9	34	942	2	gleaned
goaded	9	49	1371	2	go_aded
goaled	8	50	1436	2	go_aled
gowan	9	54	1574	2	gowan__
gowans	10	55	1229	2	gowan_s
gowany	13	45	749	2	gowan_y
groaned	9	25	997	2	groaned
loaned	7	38	1629	2	lo_aned
moaned	9	45	1417	2	mo_aned
owned	9	51	1323	2	_ow_ned
waned	9	58	3178	2	__waned
womaned	13	3	721	2	womaned

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	0.406	440125.6
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	15	3.343	32207.9
3	Display Results	15	15	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	15	3.749	47663.6