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

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

23 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
sorbent	9	29	1524	(None)
sorbents	10	27	913	1	sorbents
sorbet	8	39	2408	1	sorbe_t
absorbent	13	4	503	2	absorbent
adsorbent	12	4	388	2	adsorbent
fornent	10	3	1293	2	fornent
forwent	13	3	1053	2	forwent
horrent	10	3	1355	2	horrent
mordent	10	3	1399	2	mordent
orient	6	3	2253	2	_orient
portent	9	36	1964	2	portent
sarment	9	3	1876	2	sarment
serpent	9	29	1628	2	serpent
sobeit	8	3	1536	2	so_beit
solvent	10	3	1083	2	solvent
sorbed	9	49	1652	2	sorbe_d
sorbets	9	30	1251	2	sorbets
sorbing	10	28	1526	2	sorbing
sorest	6	50	2800	2	sor_est
sprent	8	45	2238	2	spr_ent
subrent	9	3	1508	2	subrent
torment	9	3	1617	2	torment
torrent	7	3	1341	2	torrent

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	107671	0.263	679433.5
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	23	5.346	20140.5
3	Display Results	23	23	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	23	5.609	31857.9