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

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

13 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
ancientest	12	5	537	(None)
ancienter	11	4	539	2	anciente_r
ancientness	13	5	335	2	ancientness
ancients	10	9	897	2	ancient_s_
ancient	9	5	1473	3	ancien___t
anciently	14	4	614	3	ancient_ly
ancientries	13	5	451	3	ancientries_
ancientry	14	4	387	3	ancient_ry
decentest	12	4	908	3	dec_entest
enceintes	11	4	567	3	enceintes_
patientest	12	4	571	3	patientest
recentest	11	4	1028	3	rec_entest
scientist	11	4	722	3	_scientist

Search took 7 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	140603	0.156	1145455.1
2	DLD Change Limit	140603	13	6.546	21479.2
3	Display Results	13	13	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	13	6.702	26662.3