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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “contended” 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
contended	13	3	927	(None)
contender	12	3	956	1	contender
contented	12	3	1304	1	contented
coattended	14	4	310	2	coattended
coextended	21	4	253	2	coextended
commended	17	13	701	2	commended
conceded	14	3	829	2	conce_ded
condensed	13	8	711	2	condensed
consented	12	3	1194	2	consented
contemned	14	4	679	2	contemned
contend	10	35	1189	2	conten__d
contenders	13	4	862	2	contenders
contends	11	28	1057	2	contend_s
contested	12	3	1069	2	contested
continued	12	4	848	2	continued
convened	14	34	1222	2	conven_ed
convented	15	4	1075	2	convented
intended	10	23	1041	2	_intended
portended	13	4	564	2	portended
untended	10	26	1115	2	_untended

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	121436	0.143	1249587.4
2	DLD Change Limit	121436	20	4.013	30260.7
3	Display Results	20	20	0.016	1250.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	20	4.172	42831.0