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

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

20 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
centrum	11	6	860	(None)
centrums	12	3	691	1	centrums
centum	10	40	1236	1	cent_um
antrum	8	6	1131	2	_antrum
centaur	9	3	578	2	centaur
centra	8	41	1388	2	centr_a
central	9	31	1447	2	central
centre	8	43	1664	2	centr_e
centred	10	34	1168	2	centred
centres	9	38	1712	2	centres
centric	11	3	1240	2	centric
centrism	12	4	964	2	centrism
centu	7	61	1941	2	cent_u_
centums	11	39	878	2	cent_ums
century	12	3	719	2	century
chetrum	14	4	534	2	chetrum
estrum	8	18	1051	2	_estrum
mentum	10	45	1171	2	ment_um
oestrum	9	17	778	2	oestrum
tantrum	9	4	668	2	tantrum

Search took 6 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	0.533	335255.2
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	20	5.373	20039.3
3	Display Results	20	20	0.016	1250.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	20	5.922	30174.1