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

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

18 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
commencement	19	12	312	(None)
commencements	20	11	244	1	commencements
recommencement	21	9	163	2	recommencement
commandment	17	5	382	3	comman_dment
recommencements	22	8	137	3	recommencements
amercement	16	4	599	4	__amercement
comanagement	19	6	340	4	comanagement
commandments	18	5	295	4	comman_dments
commence	16	14	910	4	commenc__e__
commenced	18	15	713	4	commenc__e_d
commencer	17	14	780	4	commenc__e_r
commencers	18	15	637	4	commenc__ers
commences	17	13	958	4	commenc__e_s
commencing	19	4	618	4	commenc__ing
commitment	15	5	517	4	comm__itment
complement	18	5	1010	4	co_m_plement
confinement	18	5	561	4	confin_ement
contentment	15	5	666	4	conten_tment

Search took 8 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	124790	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	124790	18	6.860	18191.0
3	Display Results	18	18	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	18	7.250	24647.0