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

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

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
despondence	17	5	386	(None)
despondences	18	5	339	1	despondences
despondency	20	5	282	1	despondency
dependence	16	4	659	2	de_pendence
despondencies	19	6	214	2	despondencies
despondent	14	5	597	2	desponden_t
dependance	16	4	512	3	de_pendance
dependences	17	4	588	3	de_pendences
dependency	19	5	468	3	de_pendency
desinence	12	5	750	3	des_in_ence
desponded	14	4	532	3	desponde__d
despondently	19	6	266	3	despondently
desponding	15	5	566	3	despondin_g
resplendence	17	11	292	3	resplendence
respondent	13	4	605	3	responden_t
respondents	14	5	427	3	respondents

Search took 6 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	121633	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	121633	16	5.560	21876.4
3	Display Results	16	16	0.016	1000.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	16	5.966	29951.6