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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “appearance” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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
appearance	16	5	406	(None)
appearances	17	5	369	1	appearances
reappearance	18	8	203	2	reappearance
aberrance	13	5	568	3	a_berrance
appealable	16	4	385	3	appealable
appearing	14	3	689	3	appearin_g
appeasable	16	4	459	3	appeasable
appetence	15	4	499	3	appe_tence
appliance	15	4	449	3	app_liance
clearance	13	4	511	3	_clearance
disappearance	20	6	136	3	~~dis~~appearance
esperance	13	4	669	3	espe_rance
nonappearance	19	7	167	3	~~non~~appearance
pleasance	13	4	430	3	_pleasance
reappearances	19	6	177	3	reappearances

Search took 7 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	140603	0.406	440125.6
2	DLD Change Limit	140603	15	5.813	24187.7
3	Display Results	15	15	0.013	1153.8
	(SQL Overall)	178691	15	6.232	28673.1