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

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

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
canteen	9	4	1108	(None)
canteens	10	3	857	1	canteens
anteed	7	56	1611	2	_anteed
canted	9	48	2578	2	cant_ed
canter	8	52	3011	2	cant_er
cantered	11	34	1598	2	cantered
canters	9	48	2772	2	canters
cantle	8	45	2215	2	cantle_
cantles	9	47	2141	2	cantles
canton	8	57	2299	2	cant_on
careen	8	41	1949	2	ca_reen
contemn	11	3	780	2	contemn
lantern	7	3	1001	2	lantern
lateen	6	40	1486	2	la_teen
nankeen	11	3	504	2	nankeen
ratteen	7	32	911	2	ratteen
sateen	6	38	1501	2	sa_teen

Search took 5 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	0.186	960704.3
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	17	4.096	26286.9
3	Display Results	17	17	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	17	4.282	41730.7