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

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

17 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
observance	17	12	404	(None)
observances	18	11	383	1	observances
inobservance	19	6	183	2	inobservance
observable	17	4	334	2	observable
observant	14	4	446	2	observan_t
observants	15	5	336	2	observants
aberrance	13	5	568	3	ab_errance
absorbance	16	5	335	3	absorbance
conservancy	21	5	429	3	conservancy
inobservances	20	6	177	3	inobservances
nonobservance	20	18	222	3	~~non~~observance
obeisance	13	4	422	3	ob_eisance
observables	18	5	201	3	observables
observably	20	5	265	3	observably
observantly	19	5	250	3	observantly
observe	12	4	533	3	observ___e
observing	15	4	439	3	observin_g

Search took 7 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	0.410	435831.7
2	DLD Change Limit	140603	17	5.640	24929.6
3	Display Results	17	17	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	17	6.050	29535.7