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

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

17 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
elephants	14	4	480	(None)
elephant	13	4	757	1	elephant_
celebrants	14	4	417	3	celebrants
eggplants	13	4	275	3	eggplants
elegant	8	3	1150	3	ele_gant_
elements	10	3	1217	3	ele_ments
elephantine	16	5	260	3	elephantine
eluants	7	3	758	3	el__uants
enchants	13	4	783	3	e_nchants
etchants	13	4	602	3	e_tchants
explants	17	3	702	3	e_xplants
eyepoints	14	4	310	3	eyepoints
klephts	16	4	218	3	kleph__ts
levants	10	3	772	3	_le_vants
pieplants	13	5	543	3	pieplants
replants	10	28	1124	3	_replants
telephones	15	4	569	3	telephones

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	148641	0.436	409841.7
2	DLD Change Limit	148641	17	6.610	22487.3
3	Display Results	17	17	0.016	1062.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	17	7.062	25303.2