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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “appends” 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
appends	12	3	639	(None)
append	11	3	827	1	append_
addends	10	35	605	2	addends
amends	9	47	1328	2	a_mends
appeals	11	37	867	2	appeals
appears	11	30	895	2	appears
appels	10	43	1279	2	appe_ls
appended	14	3	548	2	appended
appendix	20	4	227	2	appendix
arpens	8	48	1482	2	arpen_s
arpents	9	36	1308	2	arpents
ascends	10	38	820	2	ascends
aspens	8	50	1335	2	aspen_s
attends	8	25	759	2	attends
augends	9	3	588	2	augends
depends	11	34	899	2	depends
expends	17	21	708	2	expends
happens	14	35	917	2	happen_s
impends	12	37	680	2	impends
pends	8	55	2719	2	__pends
spends	9	47	1447	2	_spends
upends	9	43	876	2	_upends
upsends	10	26	529	2	upsends

Search took 10 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	0.906	197230.7
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	23	7.766	13864.4
3	Display Results	23	23	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	23	8.672	20605.5