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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “serpent” 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
serpent	9	29	1628	(None)
perpent	11	23	1881	1	perpent
serpents	10	24	1037	1	serpents
arpent	8	48	2209	2	_arpent
ferment	12	3	1557	2	ferment
fervent	13	3	1006	2	fervent
gerent	7	32	2310	2	ger_ent
percent	11	35	2060	2	percent
perpend	12	25	935	2	perpend
perpents	12	23	1204	2	perpents
repent	8	47	2887	2	re_pent
rerent	6	38	3245	2	rer_ent
sarment	9	3	1876	2	sarment
segment	10	3	1256	2	segment
sequent	16	4	1032	2	sequent
serene	6	35	2235	2	ser_ene
serest	6	48	3161	2	ser_est
sergeant	9	12	940	2	sergeant
serjeant	15	9	647	2	serjeant
servant	10	3	1363	2	servant
sorbent	9	29	1524	2	sorbent
spent	7	55	3283	2	s__pent
sprent	8	45	2238	2	spr_ent
terpene	9	23	1086	2	terpene

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	107671	0.766	233278.1
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	24	3.810	28260.1
3	Display Results	24	24	0.016	1500.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	24	4.592	38913.5