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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “sealants” 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
sealants	8	26	1074	(None)
sealant	7	31	1830	1	sealant_
seawants	11	33	797	1	seawants
alants	6	77	2202	2	__alants
gelants	8	26	1144	2	ge_lants
gellants	9	30	828	2	gellants
peasants	10	3	826	2	peasants
replants	10	28	1124	2	replants
savants	10	3	865	2	s_avants
sealifts	11	3	547	2	sealifts
seaplanes	11	4	871	2	seaplanes
seawans	10	37	994	2	seawan_s
seawant	10	36	1341	2	seawant_
secants	9	34	1389	2	se_cants
servants	11	3	800	2	servants
sextants	15	28	738	2	sextants
slants	6	48	1908	2	s__lants

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	121059	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	17	3.453	35059.1
3	Display Results	17	17	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	17	3.843	46497.8