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

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

23 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
scantly	12	41	955	(None)
scantily	13	3	758	1	scantily
scanty	11	40	1466	1	scant_y
secantly	13	4	598	1	secantly
slantly	10	39	932	1	slantly
cantle	8	45	2215	2	_cantle
canty	10	52	2680	2	_cant_y
riantly	10	3	761	2	riantly
saintly	10	3	934	2	saintly
sanely	9	31	1461	2	s_anely
scaly	10	47	1872	2	sca__ly
scant	7	97	3507	2	scant__
scanted	10	41	1439	2	scanted
scanter	9	42	1518	2	scanter
scants	8	52	1972	2	scant_s
scarily	12	3	1170	2	scarily
scatty	11	53	1065	2	sca_tty
shantey	13	42	1004	2	shantey
shanty	12	47	1512	2	shant_y
slanty	9	51	1484	2	slant_y
smartly	12	49	743	2	smartly
spangly	13	3	647	2	spangly
vacantly	16	4	406	2	vacantly

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	0.140	1276364.3
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	23	3.266	32967.2
3	Display Results	23	23	0.016	1437.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	23	3.422	52218.3