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

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

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
penitential	13	5	552	(None)
penitentially	18	5	429	2	penitentially
penitentiary	17	6	215	2	penitentiary
sentential	10	4	755	2	sen_tential
centennial	12	13	484	3	cen_tennial
evidential	14	5	546	3	_evidential
existential	18	5	388	3	_existential
pedimental	15	5	643	3	pediment_al
penitent	10	4	1350	3	penitent___
penitently	15	4	593	3	penitent_ly
penitents	11	4	770	3	penitent__s
pestilential	14	6	318	3	pestilential
potential	11	4	853	3	p__otential
presidential	15	5	457	3	presidential
residential	12	5	528	3	residential
sententia	9	4	666	3	sen_tentia_
sententiae	10	5	606	3	sen_tentiae

Search took 6 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	121633	0.373	479064.3
2	DLD Change Limit	121633	17	4.750	25606.9
3	Display Results	17	17	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	17	5.123	34880.1