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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “spans” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

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
spans	7	45	2873	(None)
pans	6	58	5572	1	_pans
sans	4	51	5335	1	s_ans
scans	7	46	2510	1	scans
spaes	7	60	2997	1	spaes
spams	9	49	2219	1	spams
span	6	52	3466	1	span_
spang	8	49	1973	1	spang
spank	11	59	1957	1	spank
spanks	12	45	1412	1	spanks
spars	7	54	3154	1	spars
spas	6	70	3672	1	spa_s
spats	7	50	3138	1	spats
spawns	11	57	792	1	spawns
spays	10	55	2051	1	spays
speans	8	54	1714	1	speans
spins	7	53	2798	1	spins
swans	8	46	2501	1	swans

Search took 1 second 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	28756	0.063	2836365.1
2	DLD Change Limit	28756	18	0.563	51076.4
3	Display Results	18	18	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	18	0.626	285448.9