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

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

11 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
sciences	12	3	878	(None)
science	11	3	879	1	science_
faiences	13	3	705	2	faiences
licences	12	12	933	2	licences
nesciences	14	4	625	2	nesciences
saliences	11	10	806	2	saliences
sapiences	13	11	642	2	sapiences
scenes	8	45	2035	2	sc_en_es
sconces	11	38	1145	2	sc_onces
silences	10	3	1008	2	silences
spences	11	34	1392	2	s_pences

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	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	11	3.610	33534.3
3	Display Results	11	11	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	11	4.000	44672.8