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

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

21 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
ascendency	18	12	342	(None)
ascendancy	18	12	295	1	ascendancy
ascendence	15	9	466	1	ascendence
ascendance	15	11	396	2	ascendance
ascendences	16	12	414	2	ascendences
ascendent	12	4	594	2	ascenden_t
ascendents	13	4	424	2	ascendents
accedence	13	4	457	3	acce_dence
ascendances	16	12	383	3	ascendances
ascendant	12	4	516	3	ascendan_t
ascendantly	17	5	228	3	ascendantly
ascendants	13	4	361	3	ascendants
ascended	12	4	651	3	ascende__d
ascendencies	17	10	308	3	ascendencies
ascender	11	3	673	3	ascende__r
ascenders	12	3	568	3	ascende_rs
ascending	13	3	628	3	ascendin_g
dependency	19	5	468	3	dependency
pendency	16	4	607	3	__pendency
tendency	14	4	549	3	__tendency
transcendency	21	6	206	3	transcendency

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	21	5.750	24452.7
3	Display Results	21	21	0.016	1312.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	21	6.172	28951.9