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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “commence” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

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77 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
commence	16	14	910	(None)
commenced	18	15	713	1	commenced
commencer	17	14	780	1	commencer
commences	17	13	958	1	commences
commerce	16	11	632	1	commerce
commencers	18	15	637	2	commencers
commend	14	40	1018	2	commen_d
commended	17	13	701	2	commended
commender	16	16	792	2	commender
commends	15	30	846	2	commends
comment	13	103	1770	2	commen_t
commented	16	12	961	2	commented
commenter	15	14	1069	2	commenter
comments	14	29	1388	2	comments
commerced	18	12	546	2	commerced
commerces	17	14	723	2	commerces
commune	13	32	936	2	commun_e
recommence	18	5	515	2	recommence
cadence	12	3	906	3	c_adence
clarence	12	4	645	3	clarence
clemency	17	4	369	3	clemency
coagency	16	4	486	3	coagency
coalesce	12	4	542	3	coalesce
coerce	10	3	1040	3	co__erce
cogency	15	4	701	3	co_gency
coherence	16	7	694	3	coherence
combine	13	30	1472	3	combin_e
command	14	39	921	3	comman_d
commanded	17	13	650	3	commanded
commander	16	12	740	3	commander
commando	15	27	575	3	commando
commands	15	31	882	3	commands
commencing	19	4	618	3	commencing
commendam	15	4	495	3	commendam
commenders	17	13	714	3	commenders
commensal	15	4	601	3	commensal
commentate	16	10	817	3	commentate
commenters	16	13	948	3	commenters
commie	12	42	1552	3	comm__ie
commingle	16	4	506	3	commingle
comminute	15	9	615	3	comminute
commode	14	3	812	3	comm_ode
common	12	3	1080	3	common__
commonage	16	4	573	3	commonage
commoner	14	27	1063	3	commoner
commonly	17	4	496	3	commonly
commons	13	3	1104	3	common_s
commove	16	3	596	3	comm_ove
communal	14	4	635	3	communal
communed	15	33	821	3	communed
communer	14	34	930	3	communer
communes	14	34	1124	3	communes
communise	15	4	680	3	communise
communize	24	4	628	3	communize
commute	13	43	1044	3	comm_ute
compend	14	40	1030	3	compen_d
compends	15	37	825	3	compends
compere	13	46	1662	3	compe_re
compete	13	47	1655	3	compe_te
competence	18	4	672	3	competence
complice	16	3	933	3	complice
compone	13	65	1719	3	compon_e
condense	11	7	961	3	condense
convene	12	33	1432	3	conven_e
convince	15	4	736	3	convince
coprince	14	4	709	3	coprince
covalence	16	4	584	3	covalence
cowmen	13	8	1092	3	cowmen__
credence	13	8	782	3	credence
cymene	13	7	739	3	c_ymen_e
immense	11	3	529	3	_immense
offence	15	4	535	3	_offence
pommee	12	28	1328	3	pomme__e
potence	11	7	1136	3	po_tence
recommenced	20	5	381	3	recommenced
recommences	19	5	492	3	recommences
romance	11	3	1108	3	ro_mance

Search took 8 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	146162	0.436	409841.7
2	DLD Change Limit	146162	77	6.923	21112.5
3	Display Results	77	77	0.030	2566.7
	(SQL Overall)	178691	77	7.389	24183.4