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

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

22 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
sonata	6	3	1322	(None)
somata	8	3	1238	1	somata
sonatas	7	5	1029	1	sonatas
bonita	8	3	1294	2	bonita
donate	7	36	1950	2	donate
pinata	8	38	1722	2	pinata
sancta	8	3	983	2	sancta
senate	6	37	2517	2	senate
snath	8	64	1980	2	s_nath
softa	8	64	1518	2	so_fta
solate	6	45	2607	2	solate
solatia	7	3	1225	2	solatia
sonant	6	6	2195	2	sonant
sonantal	8	8	626	2	sonantal
sonants	7	5	1123	2	sonants
sonar	5	65	2342	2	sona_r
sonars	6	48	1897	2	sonars
sonatina	8	4	907	2	sonatina
sorta	5	71	2541	2	so_rta
stomata	9	3	853	2	stomata
strata	6	36	1628	2	strata
zonate	15	41	1492	2	zonate

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	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	22	2.826	29211.3
3	Display Results	22	22	0.016	1375.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	22	3.232	55288.1