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

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

25 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
qanats	15	41	1281	(None)
manats	8	46	2346	1	manats
qanat	14	44	2684	1	qanat_
anas	4	66	4986	2	_ana_s
antas	5	54	3203	2	_antas
ants	4	72	4347	2	_an_ts
canals	8	44	2167	2	canals
cants	7	70	3694	2	can_ts
carats	8	59	2902	2	carats
gnats	6	52	1771	2	_gnats
hants	8	63	3540	2	han_ts
kanas	9	53	2691	2	kana_s
karats	10	64	2049	2	karats
lanais	6	3	1679	2	lanais
lanate	6	4	2126	2	lanate
manas	7	62	4043	2	mana_s
manat	7	60	3999	2	manat_
mantas	8	57	2536	2	mantas
nanas	5	59	2863	2	nana_s
pants	7	65	3692	2	pan_ts
qats	13	53	3134	2	q__ats
quants	15	36	1414	2	quan_ts
rabats	8	31	1622	2	rabats
rants	5	59	3534	2	ran_ts
wants	8	79	3221	2	wan_ts

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	82551	0.346	516448.0
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	25	2.670	30918.0
3	Display Results	25	25	0.016	1562.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	25	3.032	58935.0