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

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

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
margarita	12	4	485	(None)
margaritas	13	4	385	1	margaritas
margarite	12	4	751	1	margarite
margaric	13	4	607	2	margari_c
margarin	11	4	807	2	margari_n
margarine	12	4	771	2	margarine
margarins	12	4	829	2	margarins
margarites	13	4	653	2	margarites
angaria	8	3	1158	3	_angari_a
barbarity	16	4	506	3	barbarity
malaria	9	3	1370	3	ma_lari_a
manganite	12	4	778	3	manganite
manzanita	20	4	301	3	manzanita
maranta	9	3	1169	3	mar_a_nta
marcasite	13	4	666	3	marcasite
margarines	13	4	720	3	margarines
marguerite	13	5	391	3	marguerite
morganite	12	4	742	3	morganite

Search took 7 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	0.406	440125.6
2	DLD Change Limit	148641	18	6.440	23080.9
3	Display Results	18	18	0.013	1384.6
	(SQL Overall)	178691	18	6.859	26052.0