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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “quincentennials” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]

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.

15 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
quincentennials	26	8	152	(None)
quincentennial	25	7	172	1	quincentennial_
bicentennials	17	6	156	3	_bi_centennials
bicentennial	16	6	188	4	_bi_centennial_
centennials	13	13	353	4	____centennials
quincentenaries	26	8	111	4	quincentenaries
quincentenary	27	7	138	4	quincente_n_ary
quinquennials	21	7	144	4	quin__quennials
semicentennials	19	23	161	4	semicentennials
tercentennials	16	7	120	4	_tercentennials
centennial	12	13	484	5	____centennial_
quinquennial	20	7	170	5	quin__quennial_
quintessential	23	7	155	5	quintessential_
semicentennial	18	20	185	5	semicentennial_
tercentennial	15	7	143	5	_tercentennial_

Search took 5 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	65874	0.313	570897.8
2	DLD Change Limit	65874	15	4.296	15333.8
3	Display Results	15	15	0.016	937.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	15	4.625	38635.9