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

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

16 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
tangential	11	5	444	(None)
tangental	10	4	478	1	tangent_al
agential	9	5	815	2	_a_gential
tangentially	16	5	325	2	tangentially
agentival	13	5	366	3	_a_gentival
argental	9	4	793	3	_argent_al
cadential	12	4	639	3	ca_dential
congenial	12	4	881	3	congen_ial
congenital	13	4	589	3	congenital
nongenital	11	5	668	3	nongenital
sentential	10	4	754	3	sentential
tangencies	13	4	575	3	tangencies
tangent	8	3	1499	3	tangent___
tangents	9	3	871	3	tangent__s
torrential	10	5	448	3	torrential
ungenial	9	4	697	3	_ungen_ial

Search took 8 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	140603	0.436	409841.7
2	DLD Change Limit	140603	16	6.640	21175.2
3	Display Results	16	16	0.016	1000.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	16	7.092	25196.1