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

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

23 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
ethanes	10	37	1350	(None)
ethane	9	46	1324	1	ethane_
ethenes	10	33	1387	1	ethenes
ethynes	13	37	757	1	ethynes
methanes	13	38	1216	1	methanes
thanes	9	49	1898	1	_thanes
bethanks	17	6	531	2	bethanks
cetanes	9	3	1513	2	cet_anes
enhances	13	3	929	2	enhances
etapes	8	54	1529	2	et_apes
etchants	13	4	602	2	etchants
ethanol	10	4	458	2	ethanol
ethanols	11	4	432	2	ethanols
ethene	9	33	1292	2	ethene_
ethnos	9	4	705	2	eth_nos
ethoses	10	3	1175	2	ethoses
ethyne	12	40	715	2	ethyne_
exhales	17	3	714	2	exhales
methane	12	32	1179	2	methane_
stanes	6	49	3340	2	st_anes
thane	8	61	2253	2	_thane_
thanks	13	43	1313	2	_thanks
urethanes	12	4	516	2	urethanes

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	107671	0.140	1276364.3
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	23	4.453	24179.4
3	Display Results	23	23	0.016	1437.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	23	4.609	38770.0