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

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

(Change Limit cannot be increased to the length of your word, because then every letter could be different!)
Check this box to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

30 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
can	5	77	6013	(None)
an	2	118	7907	1	_an
ban	5	83	6683	1	ban
cab	7	83	5540	1	cab
cad	6	74	5636	1	cad
cain	6	56	4391	1	cain
cam	7	80	5898	1	cam
cane	6	66	5311	1	cane
cans	6	50	5084	1	cans
cant	6	63	6202	1	cant
cap	7	67	5898	1	cap
car	5	91	6556	1	car
carn	6	62	4543	1	carn
cat	5	82	8234	1	cat
caw	8	66	4793	1	caw
cay	8	71	5598	1	cay
clan	6	56	3392	1	clan
con	5	102	6802	1	con
cyan	9	64	1962	1	cyan
dan	4	68	5966	1	dan
fan	6	71	5885	1	fan
gan	4	80	6012	1	gan
man	5	74	6585	1	man
nan	3	78	5487	1	nan
pan	5	84	6644	1	pan
ran	3	82	6661	1	ran
scan	6	55	3045	1	scan
tan	3	71	6756	1	tan
van	6	62	4632	1	van
wan	6	67	6193	1	wan

Search took 1 second 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	5146	0.063	2836365.1
2	DLD Change Limit	5146	30	0.093	55333.3
3	Display Results	30	30	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	30	0.156	1145455.1