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

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

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
crescent	12	7	1105	(None)
crescents	13	6	754	1	crescents
acescent	12	4	801	2	acescent
calescent	13	11	822	2	calescent
canescent	13	11	876	2	canescent
credent	10	3	1397	2	cre_dent
crescendi	14	4	287	2	crescendi
crescendo	14	4	275	2	crescendo
crescentic	13	5	345	2	crescentic
cresset	9	33	1994	2	cresse_t
decrescent	15	4	564	2	decrescent
descent	10	26	1629	2	_descent
excrescent	21	5	461	2	excrescent
increscent	14	4	665	2	increscent
precent	11	35	2026	2	pre_cent
prescient	13	4	1132	2	prescient
present	9	40	2273	2	pres_ent
reascent	10	4	1198	2	_reascent
recent	8	36	3085	2	_re_cent
resent	6	38	3362	2	_res_ent
virescent	14	4	588	2	virescent

Search took 4 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	0.376	475242.0
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	21	3.390	35710.6
3	Display Results	21	21	0.016	1312.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	21	3.782	47247.8