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

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

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74 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
sentients	9	4	846	(None)
sentient	8	3	1363	1	sentient_
sentiments	12	4	827	1	sentiments
penitents	11	4	770	2	penitents
sentience	11	4	766	2	sentience
sentiences	12	4	760	2	sentiences
sentiency	14	4	525	2	sentiency
sentiently	13	4	607	2	sentiently
sentiment	11	4	1072	2	sentiment_
sentinels	9	4	742	2	sentinels
ancients	10	9	897	3	_ancients
contents	10	40	1821	3	cont_ents
continents	12	4	956	3	continents
dentines	9	34	1840	3	denti_nes
dentins	8	34	1922	3	denti_n_s
dentists	9	3	926	3	denti_sts
detents	8	36	1515	3	de_t_ents
dissentients	13	5	422	3	~~dis~~sentients
entente	7	4	1295	3	_ent_ente
ententes	8	3	1277	3	_ent_entes
entrants	8	3	1175	3	_entrants
entreats	8	3	977	3	_entreats
extents	14	26	1017	3	_ext_ents
gentians	9	3	756	3	gentian_s
insentient	10	4	942	3	insentient_
intents	7	21	1570	3	_int_ents
lenient	7	3	1384	3	len_ient_
menthenes	14	4	770	3	menthenes
mentions	10	3	1289	3	mention_s
nescients	11	4	510	3	nescients
ointments	11	6	665	3	ointments
patients	10	8	876	3	_patients
pendents	11	3	941	3	pen_dents
penitent	10	4	1350	3	penitent_
pentenes	10	3	1563	3	pent_enes
quotients	18	4	302	3	quotients
renitent	8	3	1533	3	renitent_
rentiers	8	33	1176	3	rentie_rs
reorients	9	9	736	3	reorients
resentments	13	4	654	3	resentments
retints	7	47	1701	3	re_ti_nts
salients	8	3	956	3	s_alients
sapients	10	3	742	3	s_apients
satinets	8	3	1173	3	s_atinets
seatbelts	11	4	298	3	seatbelts
seatings	9	36	1430	3	seati_ngs
sections	10	27	1470	3	section_s
sediments	12	4	821	3	sediments
segments	11	3	890	3	se_gments
sennets	7	37	1258	3	sen_ne_ts
sennights	13	4	343	3	sennights
sennits	7	38	1128	3	senni__ts
sentence	10	9	986	3	sent_ence
sentences	11	6	1030	3	sent_ences
sententia	9	4	665	3	sent_entia
sentiencies	13	4	632	3	sentiencies
sentimental	13	5	534	3	sentimental
sentimos	10	40	742	3	senti_mos
sentinel	8	3	870	3	senti_nel
sentries	8	13	1805	3	sentrie__s
septets	9	9	895	3	sept_e_ts
sequents	17	5	699	3	se_quents
serpents	10	24	1037	3	se_rpents
sestets	7	9	1147	3	sest_e_ts
sestinas	8	24	913	3	sesti_nas
sestines	8	27	1724	3	sesti_nes
settings	9	38	1007	3	setti_ngs
sextants	15	28	738	3	sext_ants
sextets	14	9	714	3	sext_e_ts
stents	6	50	1945	3	s__t_ents
stints	6	51	1976	3	s__ti_nts
tenements	11	4	996	3	tenements
tentiest	8	21	1561	3	tentiest_
vestments	14	8	681	3	vestments

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	148641	0.436	409841.7
2	DLD Change Limit	148641	74	7.393	20105.6
3	Display Results	74	74	0.030	2466.7
	(SQL Overall)	178691	74	7.859	22737.1