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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “quadrennials” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

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.

12 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
quadrennials	22	6	185	(None)
quadrennial	21	6	231	1	quadrennial_
quadrennia	20	5	251	2	quadrennia__
quadrennially	26	6	132	2	quadrennially
quadrenniums	24	6	131	2	quadrenniums
quadrennium	23	6	150	3	quadrenni_um
adrenals	9	4	631	4	__adre_n_als
perennials	12	4	489	4	__perennials
quadrantal	20	5	269	4	quadr_antal_
quadrivial	23	5	273	4	quadr_ivial_
quatrefoils	23	5	125	4	quatrefoi_ls
quinquennials	21	7	144	4	quinquennials

Search took 8 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	124790	0.373	479064.3
2	DLD Change Limit	124790	12	6.703	18617.0
3	Display Results	12	12	0.016	750.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	12	7.092	25196.1