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

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

16 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
cadence	12	3	906	(None)
cadenced	14	3	552	1	cadenced
cadences	13	3	847	1	cadences
cadency	15	4	589	1	cadency
caddice	13	32	773	2	caddice
cadelle	10	3	992	2	cadelle
cadencies	14	4	732	2	cadencies
cadent	9	41	2036	2	caden_t
cadenza	19	4	377	2	cadenza
catenae	9	3	1137	2	catenae
cayenne	12	4	460	2	cayenne
clarence	12	4	645	2	clarence
credence	13	8	782	2	credence
decadence	15	5	559	2	decadence
faience	12	3	751	2	faience
valence	12	6	877	2	valence

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	0.140	1276364.3
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	16	4.140	26007.5
3	Display Results	16	16	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	16	4.280	41750.2