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

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

17 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
parament	12	4	1539	(None)
paramenta	13	6	886	1	paramenta
paraments	13	5	1155	1	paraments
apartment	13	4	703	2	apartment
armament	12	4	963	2	_armament
garment	10	3	1523	2	gar_ment
parakeet	14	4	1052	2	parakeet
paramount	13	4	718	2	paramount
parapet	11	3	1764	2	parape_t
parchment	18	4	691	2	parchment
parent	8	32	3042	2	par__ent
parliament	14	5	465	2	parliament
pavement	15	4	944	2	pavement
payment	14	3	1070	2	pa_yment
sacrament	13	4	794	2	sacrament
sarment	9	3	1876	2	sar_ment
varment	12	3	1324	2	var_ment

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	121059	0.156	1145455.1
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	17	3.966	30524.2
3	Display Results	17	17	0.016	1062.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	17	4.138	43182.9