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

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

18 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
ascetic	11	3	1006	(None)
acetic	10	3	1450	1	a_cetic
ascetics	12	4	707	1	ascetics
ascitic	11	3	932	1	ascitic
acetin	8	3	1469	2	a_cetin
aloetic	9	3	1318	2	aloetic
aphetic	14	29	1285	2	aphetic
arctic	10	3	1351	2	arc_tic
asbestic	12	4	538	2	asbestic
ascesis	9	3	837	2	ascesis
ascetical	13	4	628	2	ascetical
aseptic	11	3	737	2	aseptic
astatic	9	5	1419	2	astatic
atretic	9	3	1392	2	atretic
auxetic	16	3	714	2	auxetic
docetic	12	3	991	2	docetic
scenic	10	5	1051	2	_scenic
sceptic	13	3	783	2	_sceptic

Search took 4 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	0.376	475242.0
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	18	3.436	31336.1
3	Display Results	18	18	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	18	3.812	46875.9