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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “semicentennialsa” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]

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.

8 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
semicentennials	19	23	161	1	semicentennials_
semicentennial	18	20	185	2	semicentennial__
bicentennials	17	6	155	4	__bicentennials_
tercentennials	16	7	120	4	te_rcentennials_
bicentennial	16	6	187	5	__bicentennial__
centennials	13	13	353	5	____centennials_
quincentennials	26	8	151	5	quincentennials_
tercentennial	15	7	143	5	te_rcentennial__

Search took 3 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	43548	0.296	603685.8
2	DLD Change Limit	43548	8	2.653	16414.6
3	Display Results	8	8	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	8	2.949	60593.8