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

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

14 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
gentoos	8	3	863	(None)
gentoo	7	3	1131	1	gentoo_
benthos	12	3	837	2	benthos
bentos	8	62	1831	2	bent_os
centos	8	59	2046	2	cent_os
genitors	9	3	742	2	genitors
genoas	7	40	1362	2	gen_oas
genoms	9	44	1248	2	gen_oms
genros	7	42	1133	2	gen_ros
gentes	7	53	2416	2	gent_es
gentles	8	37	1434	2	gentles
gents	6	57	2961	2	gent__s
lentos	6	53	1740	2	lent_os
mentors	9	3	1499	2	mentors

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	0.376	475242.0
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	14	3.170	33965.6
3	Display Results	14	14	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	14	3.546	50392.3