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

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

20 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
portents	10	35	1282	(None)
portends	11	35	896	1	portends
portent	9	36	1964	1	portent_
contents	10	40	1821	2	contents
mordents	11	3	881	2	mordents
orients	7	3	1158	2	_orients
parents	9	34	1812	2	par_ents
patents	9	48	1520	2	p_atents
percents	12	27	1337	2	percents
perpents	12	23	1203	2	perpents
portend	10	34	1119	2	porten_d
portentous	12	4	442	2	portentous
porters	9	37	2270	2	porte_rs
potent	8	42	2335	2	po_tent_
protects	12	3	974	2	protects
protends	11	30	1035	2	protends
protests	10	3	1049	2	protests
sorbents	10	27	913	2	sorbents
torments	10	3	1045	2	torments
torrents	8	3	814	2	torrents

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	20	3.470	34887.3
3	Display Results	20	20	0.013	1538.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	20	3.623	49321.3