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

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

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.

15 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
allegiants	11	4	387	(None)
allegiant	10	4	726	1	allegiant_
alleviants	13	5	341	1	alleviants
allegiance	13	9	315	2	allegiance
allegiances	14	10	306	2	allegiances
alleviant	12	4	614	2	alleviant_
alleging	10	3	847	3	allegi_n_g
allergins	10	14	638	3	allergi_n_s
allergists	11	4	421	3	allergi_sts
alleviate	12	4	606	3	allevia_te
alleviates	13	4	494	3	alleviates
allografts	14	5	309	3	allografts
alterants	9	7	910	3	alte_rants
alternants	10	5	511	3	alternants
collegians	13	4	442	3	collegian_s

Search took 7 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	140603	0.420	425454.8
2	DLD Change Limit	140603	15	5.656	24859.1
3	Display Results	15	15	0.016	937.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	15	6.092	29332.1