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

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

18 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
sovran	9	3	715	(None)
sovrans	10	3	648	1	sovrans
loran	5	59	2509	2	lo_ran
saran	5	37	3030	2	s_aran
shoran	9	40	1603	2	shoran
socman	10	3	981	2	socman
solan	5	53	2815	2	so_lan
soldan	7	35	1185	2	soldan
soman	7	50	2490	2	so_man
soprani	9	3	740	2	soprani
soprano	9	3	700	2	soprano
sora	4	57	4691	2	so_ra_
soras	5	50	4101	2	so_ras
sorn	4	66	4106	2	so_r_n
soudan	7	32	1035	2	soudan
sovranly	14	4	345	2	sovranly
sovranty	14	4	346	2	sovranty
sporran	9	3	674	2	sporran

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	0.140	1276364.3
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	18	3.093	26689.6
3	Display Results	18	18	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	18	3.233	55271.0