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

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

16 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
cavalier	13	4	818	(None)
cavaliers	14	5	562	1	cavaliers
lavalier	11	4	604	1	lavalier
canaller	10	3	895	2	canaller
cavalero	13	4	477	2	caval_ero
cavaliered	16	4	266	2	cavaliered
cavalierly	18	5	161	2	cavalierly
cavallies	14	4	639	2	cavallies
cavalries	14	4	636	2	cavalries
caviler	12	4	906	2	cavil_er
caviller	13	3	706	2	caviller
chevalier	17	4	361	2	chevalier
coalier	9	34	1618	2	c_oalier
gasalier	9	3	644	2	gasalier
lavaliere	12	5	262	2	lavaliere
lavaliers	12	5	428	2	lavaliers

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	121059	0.393	454684.5
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	16	3.873	31257.2
3	Display Results	16	16	0.016	1000.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	16	4.282	41730.7