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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “deewan” 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
deewan	10	26	755	(None)
deewans	11	30	690	1	deewans
dewan	9	57	1804	1	d_ewan
dean	5	60	3948	2	d_e_an
deejay	17	3	452	2	deejay
deepen	9	33	919	2	deepen
demean	9	5	1056	2	demean
desman	9	3	1169	2	desman
dewans	10	52	1514	2	d_ewans
dewar	9	58	1773	2	d_ewar
dewax	16	55	1085	2	d_ewax
diwan	9	57	1255	2	d_iwan
leeway	12	5	588	2	leeway
rewan	8	56	2366	2	_rewan
seawan	9	41	1122	2	seawan
sewan	8	59	2129	2	_sewan

Search took 3 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	82551	0.346	516448.0
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	16	2.593	31836.1
3	Display Results	16	16	0.013	1230.8
	(SQL Overall)	178691	16	2.952	60532.2