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

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

11 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
capstan	11	3	790	(None)
capstans	12	5	724	1	capstans
captan	10	16	1334	1	cap_tan
cabstand	13	4	441	2	cabstand
caftan	11	17	1012	2	ca_ftan
capelan	11	3	900	2	capelan
capita	10	29	1377	2	capita_
capital	11	23	1152	2	capital
capstone	12	3	765	2	capstone
captain	11	21	1106	2	cap_tain
captans	11	16	1205	2	cap_tans

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	107671	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	11	3.470	31029.1
3	Display Results	11	11	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	11	3.860	46293.0