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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “octaves” 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
octaves	12	31	696	(None)
octanes	9	11	1139	1	octanes
octave	11	15	734	1	octave_
octavos	12	13	448	1	octavos
actives	12	3	1152	2	actives
caves	10	56	3970	2	_c_aves
claves	11	50	2006	2	_claves
craves	11	58	2539	2	_craves
ectases	9	29	1167	2	ectases
oaves	8	49	2561	2	o__aves
octads	9	8	733	2	octa_ds
octane	8	14	1163	2	octane_
octans	8	14	1114	2	octa_ns
octants	9	12	873	2	octants
octaval	12	4	358	2	octaval
octavo	11	12	478	2	octav_o
ottavas	10	9	348	2	ottavas
outages	8	23	1732	2	outages
outraves	11	23	1383	2	outraves
staves	9	45	2519	2	_staves

Search took 6 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	4.610	23356.0
3	Display Results	20	20	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	20	5.000	35738.2