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

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

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
mandala	10	3	1021	(None)
mandalas	11	3	944	1	mandalas
mandola	10	3	902	1	mandola
bandana	10	17	946	2	bandana
candela	10	8	974	2	candela
cantala	9	41	1467	2	cantala
manana	8	48	1607	2	man_ana
mandalic	13	4	780	2	mandalic
mandate	10	3	1557	2	mandate
mandolas	11	3	913	2	mandolas
manila	8	45	1830	2	man_ila
manilla	9	30	1247	2	manilla
manual	8	3	1346	2	manual_
manuals	9	3	1122	2	manuals
marsala	9	3	958	2	marsala
masala	8	3	1182	2	ma_sala
sandal	7	33	1728	2	sandal_
sandals	8	27	1520	2	sandals
vandal	10	37	1383	2	vandal_
vandals	11	32	1166	2	vandals

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	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	20	3.283	32796.5
3	Display Results	20	20	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	20	3.673	48649.9