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

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

17 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
ascender	11	3	673	(None)
ascended	12	4	651	1	ascended
ascenders	12	3	568	1	ascenders
absconder	14	4	301	2	absconder
acceder	12	3	536	2	acce_der
amender	10	34	961	2	a_mender
ascend	9	42	973	2	ascend__
ascendent	12	4	594	2	ascendent
ascends	10	38	820	2	ascend_s
assenter	8	6	770	2	assenter
asunder	8	5	622	2	as_under
attender	9	3	591	2	attender
descender	13	4	666	2	descender
scended	11	32	987	2	_scended
sender	7	38	2441	2	_s_ender
slender	8	34	1359	2	_slender
spender	10	37	1369	2	_spender

Search took 5 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	121059	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	17	3.670	32986.1
3	Display Results	17	17	0.016	1062.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	17	4.076	43839.8