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

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

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
sanctions	11	3	887	(None)
sanction	10	4	953	1	sanction_
actions	9	42	1851	2	_a_ctions
auctions	10	40	1214	2	_auctions
factions	13	30	1306	2	fa_ctions
functions	14	3	774	2	functions
inactions	11	3	932	2	inactions
junctions	18	3	594	2	junctions
pactions	12	26	1350	2	pa_ctions
sanctimony	17	5	164	2	sanctimony
sanctioned	13	4	390	2	sanctioned
sections	10	27	1470	2	s_ections
stanchions	15	4	366	2	stanchions
stictions	11	4	835	2	stictions
suctions	10	30	1290	2	s_uctions
tactions	10	29	1242	2	ta_ctions
unctions	10	3	973	2	_unctions

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	121436	0.143	1249587.4
2	DLD Change Limit	121436	17	3.640	33361.5
3	Display Results	17	17	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	17	3.783	47235.3