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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “defervescence” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

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.

10 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
defervescence	24	6	171	(None)
defervescences	25	6	156	1	defervescences
effervescence	26	22	198	2	effervescence
effervescences	27	21	182	3	effervescences
deference	15	7	849	4	defer____ence
deliquescence	27	6	171	4	deliquescence
detumescence	19	10	276	4	de_tumescence
effervescent	23	6	164	4	effervescen_t
excrescence	21	5	373	4	_excr_escence
pearlescence	18	6	319	4	pe_arlescence

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	95024	0.360	496363.9
2	DLD Change Limit	95024	10	5.016	18944.2
3	Display Results	10	10	0.013	769.2
	(SQL Overall)	178691	10	5.389	33158.5