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

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

19 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
entity	9	3	1205	(None)
enmity	11	3	748	1	enmity
density	11	3	759	2	density
endite	7	38	1759	2	endite
entia	5	3	1820	2	enti_a
entice	8	13	1686	2	entice
entire	6	16	1770	2	entire
entirety	11	4	606	2	entirety
entitle	7	6	1029	2	entitle
entry	8	24	1426	2	ent_ry
equity	18	3	810	2	equity
identity	12	4	537	2	identity
lenity	9	6	1271	2	len_ity
netty	8	58	1676	2	net_ty
nitty	8	54	1831	2	_nitty
tensity	10	3	910	2	tensity
tenuity	10	3	745	2	tenuity
unity	8	49	1849	2	un_ity
untidy	10	5	915	2	untidy

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	82551	0.376	475242.0
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	19	3.140	26290.1
3	Display Results	19	19	0.013	1461.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	19	3.529	50635.0