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

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

18 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
enhances	13	3	929	(None)
enhance	12	3	969	1	enhance_
enhanced	14	3	662	1	enhanced
enhancer	13	4	668	1	enhancer
enhancers	14	4	510	1	enhancers
bechances	18	4	761	2	bechances
chances	14	52	1809	2	_chances
enfaces	12	21	1091	2	enfa_ces
enhaloes	11	9	734	2	enhaloes
enlaces	9	23	1339	2	enla_ces
enounces	10	3	760	2	enounces
entrances	11	3	1095	2	entrances
ethanes	10	37	1351	2	ethan_es
hances	11	56	2128	2	__hances
nances	8	36	1864	2	_n_ances
nuances	9	3	852	2	_nuances
penances	12	3	1244	2	pen_ances
tendances	12	4	757	2	tendances

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	121059	0.140	1276364.3
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	18	3.516	34430.9
3	Display Results	18	18	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	18	3.656	48876.1