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

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

19 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
gardant	9	3	1446	(None)
guardant	10	4	644	1	guardant
ardent	7	30	2261	2	_ardent
arrant	6	6	2325	2	_arrant
gallant	8	35	1711	2	gallant
garda	7	3	1676	2	garda__
gardai	8	3	966	2	garda_i
garden	8	42	1508	2	garden_
gardens	9	33	1209	2	gardens
garland	9	4	870	2	garland
garment	10	3	1523	2	garment
grant	6	48	4002	2	g_r_ant
guardants	11	4	379	2	guardants
mordant	10	3	1240	2	mordant
regardant	11	4	544	2	regardant
sardana	8	3	864	2	sardana
variant	10	3	1680	2	variant
verdant	11	3	1329	2	verdant
warrant	10	6	1424	2	warrant

Search took 4 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	0.123	1452772.4
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	19	3.516	30623.2
3	Display Results	19	19	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	19	3.639	49104.4