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

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

22 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
guarantor	10	4	264	(None)
guarantors	11	4	244	1	guarantors
grantor	8	40	1094	2	g__rantor
guarantee	10	4	467	2	guarantee
guaranty	12	4	415	2	guarant_y
curator	9	3	1221	3	cu_ra_tor
granter	8	41	1713	3	g__ranter
grantors	9	38	1036	3	g__rantors
guarana	8	8	630	3	guaran__a
guaranas	9	9	594	3	guaran_as
guarani	8	10	627	3	guaran__i
guaranies	10	12	712	3	guaranies
guaranis	9	9	686	3	guaran_is
guaranteed	12	5	173	3	guaranteed
guarantees	11	4	262	3	guarantees
guarantied	12	5	250	3	guarantied
guaranties	11	4	438	3	guaranties
guardant	10	4	644	3	guardant__
guardants	11	4	379	3	guardant_s
gyrator	11	3	572	3	g_yra_tor
varactor	13	4	570	3	_varactor
warrantor	12	4	321	3	warrantor

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	0.420	425454.8
2	DLD Change Limit	148641	22	7.533	19732.0
3	Display Results	22	22	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	22	7.953	22468.4