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

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

23 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
sultans	7	24	1183	(None)
suldans	8	29	972	1	suldans
sultan	6	30	1259	1	sultan_
sultana	7	25	780	1	sultana
sultanas	8	23	715	1	sultanas
suntans	7	21	1173	1	suntans
saltant	7	3	1677	2	saltant
saltpans	10	3	481	2	saltpans
seitans	7	33	1230	2	seitans
sextans	14	34	926	2	sextans
silvans	10	30	833	2	silvans
solans	6	41	2249	2	sol_ans
soldans	8	32	1040	2	soldans
suldan	7	26	1104	2	suldan_
sulfas	9	3	1156	2	sulfa_s
sultaness	9	4	561	2	sultaness
sultanic	10	4	617	2	sultanic
suntan	6	26	1300	2	suntan_
sustains	8	3	855	2	sustains
suttas	6	38	1379	2	sutta_s
sylvans	13	23	589	2	sylvans
ulans	5	49	2130	2	_ul_ans
yulans	9	5	867	2	yul_ans

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	0.123	1452772.4
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	23	3.470	31029.1
3	Display Results	23	23	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	23	3.593	49733.1