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

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

15 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
nonfans	10	3	753	(None)
nonfan	9	4	829	1	nonfan_
confabs	14	3	539	2	confabs
honans	9	48	1450	2	hon_ans
longans	8	45	1081	2	longans
nonas	5	51	2665	2	non_a_s
nonbank	13	4	590	2	nonbank
nonbanks	14	4	503	2	nonbanks
nonfact	12	4	889	2	nonfact
nonfacts	13	4	607	2	nonfacts
nonfarm	12	4	651	2	nonfarm
nonfat	9	5	1218	2	nonfa_t
nongays	11	17	653	2	nongays
nonman	8	4	1236	2	nonman_
nonwars	10	10	900	2	nonwars

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	15	3.500	30763.1
3	Display Results	15	15	0.013	1153.8
	(SQL Overall)	178691	15	3.903	45783.0