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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “ailanthus” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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
ailanthus	12	5	250	(None)
acanthus	13	4	335	2	a_canthus
ailanthic	14	4	337	2	ailanthic
ailanthuses	14	5	184	2	ailanthuses
amianthus	14	4	202	2	amianthus
dianthus	12	4	339	2	di_anthus
acanthous	14	4	440	3	a_canthous
agapanthus	16	5	98	3	agapanthus
alants	6	77	2202	3	a_lant__s
allantois	9	8	500	3	allantois
amiantus	10	4	437	3	amiant_us
atlantes	8	3	855	3	atlant_es
calathus	13	4	501	3	cala_thus
canthus	12	4	870	3	__canthus
cilantros	11	4	259	3	cilantros
epicanthus	17	5	178	3	epicanthus
polyanthus	18	15	306	3	polyanthus

Search took 8 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	148641	0.156	1145455.1
2	DLD Change Limit	148641	17	7.360	20195.8
3	Display Results	17	17	0.013	1307.7
	(SQL Overall)	178691	17	7.529	23733.7