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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “octanes” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
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24 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
octanes	9	11	1139	(None)
octane	8	14	1163	1	octane_
octans	8	14	1114	1	octan_s
octants	9	12	873	1	octants
octaves	12	31	696	1	octaves
butanes	9	3	1274	2	butanes
canes	7	53	5037	2	_c_anes
cetanes	9	3	1513	2	cetanes
cotans	8	13	1792	2	cotan_s
cranes	8	43	3075	2	_cranes
ectases	9	29	1167	2	ectases
montanes	10	11	1452	2	montanes
oceans	8	12	1100	2	ocean_s
octads	9	8	733	2	octa_ds
octan	7	13	1348	2	octan__
octangles	12	4	346	2	octangles
octanol	9	4	474	2	octanol
octanols	10	4	455	2	octanols
octant	8	12	1655	2	octan_t
octave	11	15	734	2	octave_
octavos	12	13	448	2	octavos
outages	8	23	1732	2	outages
soutanes	8	3	1293	2	soutanes
stanes	6	49	3340	2	_stanes

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	107671	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	24	3.173	33933.5
3	Display Results	24	24	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	24	3.563	50151.8