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

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

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
katakanas	12	4	213	(None)
katakana	11	4	243	1	katakana_
kavakavas	18	5	113	2	kavakavas
atalayas	11	4	478	3	_atalayas
atamans	9	7	1043	3	_ataman_s
caraganas	12	4	579	3	caraganas
databanks	16	4	239	3	databanks
kabakas	12	36	740	3	kabak__as
kalamatas	15	4	371	3	kalamatas
kamaainas	15	4	228	3	kamaainas
kanakas	10	32	721	3	kanak__as
katchinas	18	4	392	3	katchinas
katcinas	14	3	451	3	kat_cinas
kavakava	17	5	115	3	kavakava_
kayakings	16	4	268	3	kayakings
latakias	12	4	558	3	latak_ias
yatagans	12	4	408	3	yatagan_s

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	17	6.656	22331.9
3	Display Results	17	17	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	17	7.076	25253.1