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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “pretence” 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
pretence	12	23	1212	(None)
presence	12	22	1351	1	presence
pretences	13	23	1261	1	pretences
pretense	10	19	982	1	pretense
appetence	15	4	499	2	appetence
credence	13	8	782	2	credence
potence	11	7	1136	2	p_otence
prepense	12	23	894	2	prepense
presences	13	21	1379	2	presences
pretend	10	40	1101	2	preten_d
pretended	13	3	719	2	pretended
pretender	12	4	666	2	pretender
pretends	11	29	911	2	pretends
pretenses	11	22	1059	2	pretenses
prudence	13	4	633	2	prudence
refence	12	3	1223	2	_refence
retene	6	92	2427	2	_reten_e

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	0.376	475242.0
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	17	3.436	35232.5
3	Display Results	17	17	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	17	3.812	46875.9