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

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

22 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
patients	10	8	876	(None)
patents	9	48	1520	1	pat_ents
patient	9	6	1707	1	patient_
inpatients	12	4	429	2	inpatients
latents	7	52	1431	2	lat_ents
paints	8	59	2183	2	pa_i_nts
parents	9	34	1812	2	pa_rents
patens	8	48	2086	2	pat_en_s
patent	8	45	2492	2	pat_ent_
patience	12	4	752	2	patience
patiences	13	6	743	2	patiences
patienter	11	4	555	2	patienter
patientest	12	4	571	2	patientest
patiently	14	4	563	2	patiently
patinas	9	63	1852	2	pati_nas
patines	9	52	2576	2	pati_nes
patins	8	75	2878	2	pati_n_s
pattens	9	54	1492	2	patten_s
payments	15	3	694	2	payments
salients	8	3	956	2	salients
sapients	10	3	742	2	sapients
satinets	8	3	1173	2	satinets

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	0.420	425454.8
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	22	3.783	32000.8
3	Display Results	22	22	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	22	4.203	42515.1