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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “pretentious” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

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
pretentious	13	12	559	(None)
pretensions	13	4	708	2	pretensions
pretentiously	18	8	378	2	pretentiously
preventions	16	4	853	2	preventions
retentions	10	16	1111	2	_retentions
unpretentious	15	6	198	2	unpretentious
abstentious	13	6	267	3	abstentious
contentious	13	4	701	3	contentious
detentions	11	14	880	3	_detentions
portentous	12	4	442	3	portent_ous
precentors	14	8	834	3	precent_ors
prehensions	16	4	594	3	prehensions
prelections	15	12	1047	3	prelections
presentisms	15	5	521	3	presentisms
pretension	12	4	753	3	pretensio_n
prevention	15	4	917	3	preventio_n
preventives	19	4	572	3	preventives
protections	15	5	1070	3	protections
retention	9	16	1148	3	_retentio_n
sententious	11	10	418	3	sententious

Search took 6 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	121633	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	121633	20	4.720	25769.7
3	Display Results	20	20	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	20	5.110	34968.9