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

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

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
nounal	6	3	981	(None)
faunal	9	47	1159	2	faunal
joual	12	3	1165	2	jou_al
journal	14	8	496	2	journal
neural	6	3	1199	2	neural
nodal	6	47	1779	2	no_dal
nominal	9	27	1237	2	nominal
nona	4	69	2906	2	no_na_
nonas	5	51	2665	2	no_nas
nonyl	8	4	977	2	no_nyl
nopal	7	55	1710	2	no_pal
normal	8	32	1353	2	normal
notal	5	52	2135	2	no_tal
nougat	7	47	1265	2	nougat
noumenal	10	4	617	2	noumenal
noun	4	57	2418	2	noun__
nounally	11	4	648	2	nounally
nouns	5	67	1731	2	noun_s
poundal	10	3	640	2	poundal
tonal	5	37	2430	2	to_nal
zonal	14	51	1685	2	zo_nal
zoonal	15	5	808	2	zoonal

Search took 3 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	0.343	520965.0
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	22	2.173	37989.4
3	Display Results	22	22	0.016	1375.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	22	2.532	70573.1