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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “vergence” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

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60 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
vergence	14	12	827	(None)
mergence	13	13	794	1	mergence
vergences	15	12	806	1	vergences
divergence	17	5	497	2	divergence
emergence	14	13	661	2	emergence
mergences	14	13	755	2	mergences
vengeance	15	4	385	2	vengeance
advertence	16	5	444	3	advertence
bergere	10	6	891	3	berge_re
convergence	19	11	654	3	~~con~~vergence
credence	13	8	782	3	credence
defence	13	3	989	3	de_fence
divergences	18	7	449	3	divergences
divergency	20	5	346	3	divergency
emergences	15	10	595	3	emergences
emergency	17	15	455	3	emergency
essence	9	4	767	3	_essence
evidence	14	4	655	3	evidence
exigence	18	4	655	3	exigence
fervency	19	4	438	3	fervency
lenience	10	4	833	3	lenience
mergee	9	40	1814	3	merge__e
neogene	8	4	755	3	neogen_e
permeance	15	4	591	3	permeance
presence	12	22	1351	3	presence
pretence	12	23	1212	3	pretence
refence	12	3	1223	3	re_fence
regency	13	3	736	3	re_gency
resurgence	13	4	549	3	resurgence
reverence	14	7	1016	3	rever_ence
sentence	10	9	986	3	sentence
sequence	19	4	690	3	sequence
serene	6	35	2235	3	ser_en_e
sergeancy	15	11	362	3	sergeancy
tangence	11	4	670	3	tangence
tendence	11	4	852	3	tendence
tenpence	12	4	640	3	tenpence
terpene	9	23	1086	3	terpen_e
terrene	7	24	1103	3	terren_e
turgency	14	4	483	3	turgency
urgency	13	4	566	3	_urgency
valence	12	6	877	3	v_alence
variance	13	9	741	3	variance
vegete	10	3	948	3	ve_ge_te
vehemence	19	4	360	3	vehemence
venene	9	29	1252	3	ve_nen_e
vengeances	16	4	364	3	vengeances
verbena	12	3	537	3	verben_a
verbenas	13	4	534	3	verbenas
verdancy	17	4	472	3	verdancy
verge	9	34	1984	3	verg___e
verged	11	48	1516	3	verge__d
verger	10	43	1570	3	verge__r
vergers	11	44	1263	3	verge_rs
verges	10	43	2018	3	verge__s
verging	12	38	1230	3	vergin_g
verjuice	20	4	257	3	verjuice
versine	10	25	1517	3	versin_e
violence	13	4	571	3	violence
virulence	14	4	404	3	virulence

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	146162	0.436	409841.7
2	DLD Change Limit	146162	60	6.860	21306.4
3	Display Results	60	60	0.030	2000.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	60	7.326	24391.3