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

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

12 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
carpentering	17	5	301	(None)
calendering	15	4	347	3	ca_lendering
cantering	12	24	1737	3	ca___ntering
careering	12	3	1120	3	car_e__ering
carpenter	13	4	650	3	carpenter___
carpentered	16	5	249	3	carpenter_ed
carpenters	14	4	584	3	carpenter__s
carpentries	15	4	479	3	carpent_ries
carpeting	14	3	948	3	carpe_t__ing
centering	12	29	1514	3	c___entering
concentering	17	5	543	3	concentering
reentering	11	4	998	3	__reentering

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	95024	0.343	520965.0
2	DLD Change Limit	95024	12	3.750	25339.7
3	Display Results	12	12	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	12	4.093	43657.7