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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “challenges” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

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.

20 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
challenges	16	4	399	(None)
challenge	15	4	362	1	challenge_
challenged	17	4	252	1	challenged
challenger	16	5	269	1	challenger
challengers	17	5	250	1	challengers
rechallenges	18	5	167	2	rechallenges
alleges	8	42	1257	3	__alle_ges
allonges	9	3	731	3	__allonges
callees	9	41	1778	3	c_alle__es
callings	11	36	1383	3	c_alling_s
challenging	18	5	256	3	challenging
challies	13	39	1564	3	chall__ies
challises	14	35	878	3	chall_ises
chalones	13	3	1217	3	cha_lon_es
changes	13	45	1758	3	cha___nges
colleges	11	24	1052	3	c_olle_ges
phalanges	15	6	536	3	pha_langes
rechallenge	17	5	180	3	rechallenge_
rechallenged	19	7	133	3	rechallenged
unchallenged	19	5	169	3	unchallenged

Search took 8 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	140603	0.406	440125.6
2	DLD Change Limit	140603	20	6.780	20737.9
3	Display Results	20	20	0.016	1250.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	20	7.202	24811.3