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

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

18 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
payment	14	3	1070	(None)
payments	15	3	694	1	payments
ament	7	60	3654	2	_a_ment
baymen	13	42	1200	2	baymen_
copayment	18	4	589	2	copayment
garment	10	3	1523	2	garment
lament	8	50	2494	2	la_ment
laymen	11	30	1084	2	laymen_
parament	12	4	1539	2	parament
parent	8	32	3042	2	pa_rent
patent	8	45	2492	2	pa_tent
patient	9	6	1707	2	patient
pavement	15	4	944	2	pavement
pigment	12	5	1073	2	pigment
raiment	9	3	1541	2	raiment
repayment	16	4	634	2	repayment
sarment	9	3	1876	2	sarment
varment	12	3	1324	2	varment

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	107671	0.156	1145455.1
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	18	3.123	34476.8
3	Display Results	18	18	0.016	1125.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	18	3.295	54231.0