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

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

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
temperances	17	5	473	(None)
temperance	16	4	481	1	temperance_
esperances	14	4	625	2	_esperances
intemperances	19	5	315	2	intemperances
esperance	13	4	669	3	_esperance_
impedances	17	4	450	3	_impedances
intemperance	18	5	378	3	intemperance_
severances	15	4	678	3	se_verances
temperable	16	4	581	3	temperable_
temperas	12	27	823	3	tempera___s
temperate	13	4	851	3	tempera_te_
temperatures	16	5	228	3	temperatures
temporaries	15	5	424	3	temporaries
tenpences	13	4	654	3	tenpe__nces
tolerances	12	4	599	3	t_olerances

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	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	121633	15	5.250	23168.2
3	Display Results	15	15	0.016	937.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	15	5.656	31593.2