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

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

14 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
evanescence	18	5	363	(None)
evanescences	19	5	323	1	evanescences
evanescent	15	6	410	2	evanescen_t
candescence	15	5	480	3	_candescence
coalescence	14	5	509	3	coalescence
evanesce	13	6	313	3	evanes___ce
evanesced	15	6	243	3	evanesce__d
evanesces	14	6	318	3	evanesce__s
evanescing	16	5	234	3	evanescin_g
excrescence	21	5	373	3	excrescence
juvenescence	26	6	234	3	juvenescence
opalescence	17	5	375	3	opalescence
senescence	14	13	607	3	_senescence
virescence	17	13	486	3	_virescence

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	121633	0.450	397091.1
2	DLD Change Limit	121633	14	4.846	25099.7
3	Display Results	14	14	0.013	1076.9
	(SQL Overall)	178691	14	5.309	33658.1