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

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

18 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
nawabs	11	8	506	(None)
nawab	10	8	1092	1	nawab_
jawans	16	5	784	2	jawans
kababs	14	40	977	2	kababs
naans	5	58	1525	2	na_ans
nabobs	10	38	821	2	nabobs
nabs	6	62	3619	2	n__abs
nadas	6	63	2081	2	nada_s
naiads	7	3	901	2	naiads
nalas	5	55	2836	2	nala_s
nanas	5	59	2863	2	nana_s
napas	7	59	2435	2	napa_s
narwals	10	3	698	2	narwals
nasals	6	33	1246	2	nasals
navars	9	28	1057	2	navars
noways	12	12	773	2	noways
swabs	10	58	1727	2	_swabs
wabs	9	73	3723	2	__wabs

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	0.326	548131.9
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	18	2.220	37185.1
3	Display Results	18	18	0.013	1384.6
	(SQL Overall)	178691	18	2.559	69828.4