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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “discontinuance” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

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
discontinuance	19	16	252	(None)
discontinuances	20	14	224	1	discontinuances
continuance	15	5	512	3	___continuance
discontinue	14	5	523	3	discontinu___e
discontinuing	17	8	324	3	discontinuin_g
discountenance	19	12	222	3	discounten_ance
continuances	16	5	468	4	___continuances
discontinuation	18	10	323	4	discontinuation
discontinued	16	5	402	4	discontinu__ed
discontinues	15	6	439	4	discontinu__es
discontinuities	18	7	218	4	discontinuities
discontinuity	19	6	295	4	discontinu_ity
discontinuous	16	7	254	4	discontinu_ous
discountenanced	21	11	174	4	discounten_anced
discountenances	20	12	223	4	discounten_ances
incontinence	16	13	564	4	_incontin_ence

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	65874	0.343	520965.0
2	DLD Change Limit	65874	16	3.626	18167.1
3	Display Results	16	16	0.016	1000.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	16	3.985	44840.9