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

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

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
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23 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
botany	11	3	926	(None)
betony	11	42	1158	2	betony
bogan	8	75	1900	2	bogan_
bogans	9	57	1481	2	bogans
bonny	10	58	1662	2	bo_nny
bony	9	67	3208	2	bo__ny
borane	8	46	2021	2	borane
bota	6	62	3650	2	bota__
botanic	11	5	958	2	botanic
botas	7	53	2878	2	bota_s
botchy	16	53	782	2	botchy
botfly	14	3	609	2	botfly
bothy	13	67	1396	2	bot_hy
butane	8	3	1365	2	butane
cotan	7	15	2178	2	cotan_
cotans	8	13	1792	2	cotans
gowany	13	45	749	2	gowany
litany	9	3	905	2	litany
notary	9	23	1071	2	notary
ratany	9	34	1187	2	ratany
rotary	9	24	1130	2	rotary
tetany	9	5	984	2	tetany
votary	12	24	833	2	votary

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	0.750	238254.7
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	23	3.046	27101.4
3	Display Results	23	23	0.016	1437.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	23	3.812	46875.9