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

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

23 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
descend	11	24	815	(None)
descends	12	26	698	1	descends
descent	10	26	1629	1	descent
ascend	9	42	973	2	_ascend
decent	9	40	2370	2	de_cent
defend	11	39	1049	2	de_fend
deiced	10	42	1448	2	deice_d
depend	10	35	1092	2	de_pend
desand	8	48	1263	2	des_and
descant	10	43	1559	2	descant
descended	14	4	628	2	descended
descender	13	4	666	2	descender
descents	11	25	1120	2	descents
despond	11	3	751	2	despond
deuced	10	41	1212	2	deuce_d
disced	10	49	1465	2	disce_d
dispend	11	28	941	2	dispend
distend	9	33	1207	2	distend
reascend	11	4	570	2	reascend
redescend	13	9	500	2	redescend
rescind	10	4	1039	2	rescind
resend	7	50	1677	2	res_end
scend	8	55	1629	2	__scend

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	0.373	479064.3
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	23	3.283	32796.5
3	Display Results	23	23	0.016	1437.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	23	3.672	48663.1