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

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

24 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
pentose	9	3	1159	(None)
pentode	10	3	989	1	pentode
pentoses	10	3	1289	1	pentoses
bentos	8	62	1831	2	bentos_
centos	8	59	2046	2	centos_
heptose	12	3	749	2	heptose
ketose	10	57	1181	2	ke_tose
lentos	6	53	1740	2	lentos_
pantos	8	52	2274	2	pantos_
pectase	11	24	1036	2	pectase
pengos	9	46	1241	2	pengos_
pentane	9	4	1574	2	pentane
pentene	9	3	1379	2	pentene
penthouse	14	4	627	2	penthouse
pentodes	11	3	1036	2	pentodes
pentosan	10	4	573	2	pentosan
pentoside	12	5	538	2	pentoside
peptone	11	3	1076	2	peptone
pestos	8	47	1908	2	pestos_
pintoes	9	51	1771	2	pintoes
pintos	8	60	2129	2	pintos_
puntos	8	59	1579	2	puntos_
setose	6	51	1477	2	se_tose
venose	9	3	1084	2	ven_ose

Search took 9 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	0.690	258972.5
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	24	7.420	14510.9
3	Display Results	24	24	0.016	1500.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	24	8.126	21990.0