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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “aesthesia” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

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.

11 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
aesthesia	12	4	594	(None)
aesthesias	13	4	569	1	aesthesias
anesthesia	13	5	443	1	anesthesia
esthesia	11	4	750	1	_esthesia
aesthetic	14	9	784	2	aesthetic
anaesthesia	14	5	292	2	anaesthesia
anesthesias	14	5	403	2	anesthesias
asthenia	11	6	771	2	a_sthenia
esthesias	12	4	673	2	_esthesias
esthesis	11	4	846	2	_esthesis
paresthesia	16	20	445	2	paresthesia

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	121436	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	121436	11	3.266	37181.9
3	Display Results	11	11	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	11	3.656	48876.1