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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “ancient” 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
ancient	9	5	1473	(None)
ancients	10	9	897	1	ancients
accent	10	51	1626	2	a_ccent
accident	13	14	818	2	accident
ambient	11	3	1009	2	ambient
ancienter	11	4	539	2	ancienter
anciently	14	4	614	2	anciently
ancientry	14	4	387	2	ancientry
anent	5	49	3184	2	an__ent
anoint	6	4	2363	2	anoi_nt
ascent	8	45	1965	2	asc_ent
audient	8	3	1230	2	audient
fanciest	13	36	1271	2	fanciest
incent	8	33	2072	2	inc_ent
incident	11	4	1020	2	incident

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	0.483	369960.7
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	15	3.296	32667.2
3	Display Results	15	15	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	15	3.779	47285.3