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

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

18 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
kanban	12	3	862	(None)
kanbans	13	3	772	1	kanbans
banian	8	3	1538	2	banian
banyan	11	3	948	2	banyan
cancan	10	3	1410	2	cancan
kabab	13	48	1444	2	ka_bab
kabar	11	48	1555	2	ka_bar
kaftan	13	18	582	2	kaftan
kalian	10	3	1216	2	kalian
kana	8	59	2853	2	kan_a_
kanas	9	53	2691	2	kan_as
kantar	10	3	1115	2	kantar
kasbah	15	3	518	2	kasbah
mannan	8	54	1362	2	mannan
randan	7	3	1525	2	randan
unban	7	21	1433	2	_unban
vanman	11	3	979	2	vanman
wangan	10	3	1123	2	wangan

Search took 6 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	0.686	260482.5
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	18	4.736	17430.5
3	Display Results	18	18	0.013	1384.6
	(SQL Overall)	178691	18	5.435	32877.8