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

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

24 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
staving	11	39	1570	1	staving
savin	8	46	2508	2	s_avin_
savine	9	42	2028	2	s_avine
saving	10	47	2451	2	s_aving
savins	9	39	2313	2	s_avins
shaving	14	34	1433	2	shaving
slaving	11	35	1483	2	slaving
slavish	13	3	823	2	slavish
spavin	11	42	1065	2	spavin_
spavins	12	41	932	2	spavins
staging	9	38	1837	2	staging
stain	5	57	2794	2	sta_in_
stains	6	49	2365	2	sta_ins
staking	12	39	1980	2	staking
staling	8	39	2542	2	staling
stamina	9	3	1079	2	stamina
stanine	7	34	1707	2	stanine
staning	8	39	2224	2	staning
staring	8	45	2705	2	staring
starving	12	25	1017	2	starving
statin	6	39	2147	2	statin_
stating	8	37	2516	2	stating
statins	7	37	1977	2	statins
staying	11	40	1732	2	staying

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	0.376	475242.0
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	24	3.280	32826.5
3	Display Results	24	24	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	24	3.656	48876.1