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

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

17 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
junction	17	3	620	(None)
function	13	3	784	1	function
junctions	18	3	594	1	junctions
unction	9	3	1066	1	_unction
adjunction	20	4	329	2	adjunction
auction	9	34	1293	2	au_ction
functions	14	3	774	2	functions
injunction	19	4	509	2	injunction
inunction	11	4	689	2	inunction
junctional	19	10	536	2	junctional
lunation	8	3	1192	2	lunation
munition	10	3	876	2	munition
punition	10	3	837	2	punition
ruction	9	36	1161	2	ru_ction
sanction	10	4	953	2	sanction
suction	9	37	1304	2	su_ction
unctions	10	3	973	2	_unctions

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	121059	0.393	454684.5
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	17	3.106	38975.9
3	Display Results	17	17	0.016	1062.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	17	3.515	50836.7