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

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

18 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
caravan	12	3	922	(None)
caravans	13	3	861	1	caravans
carabao	11	3	967	2	carabao
carabin	11	3	1321	2	carabin
caracal	11	3	1251	2	caracal
caragana	11	4	627	2	caragana
carapax	18	3	579	2	carapax
caravaned	15	4	498	2	caravaned
caravaner	14	4	473	2	caravaner
caravel	12	3	820	2	caravel
caraway	15	3	813	2	caraway
carman	10	39	2074	2	car_man
carven	11	47	1666	2	car_ven
casava	11	5	787	2	casava_
casavas	12	3	781	2	casavas
cravat	11	3	1444	2	c_ravat
craven	11	41	1393	2	c_raven
paravane	13	4	809	2	paravane

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	0.123	1452772.4
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	18	3.423	31455.2
3	Display Results	18	18	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	18	3.546	50392.3