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

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

23 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
aliment	9	3	1670	(None)
ailment	9	3	1423	1	ailment
aliments	10	3	1109	1	aliments
ailments	10	3	943	2	ailments
alien	5	64	2558	2	ali_en_
aliens	6	56	1921	2	ali_ens
alignment	12	4	637	2	alignment
alimental	11	5	586	2	alimental
alimented	12	4	531	2	alimented
alimony	12	3	601	2	alimony
alinement	11	4	910	2	alinement
ament	7	60	3654	2	a__ment
augment	10	9	1020	2	augment
bailment	12	4	918	2	bailment
clement	11	3	1377	2	clement
client	8	3	1634	2	cli_ent
element	9	3	1780	2	element
lament	8	50	2494	2	_lament
limen	7	54	2603	2	_limen_
limens	8	46	1803	2	_limens
loment	8	40	2147	2	_loment
raiment	9	3	1541	2	raiment
salient	7	4	1976	2	sali_ent

Search took 4 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	107671	0.156	1145455.1
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	23	3.766	28590.3
3	Display Results	23	23	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	23	3.922	45561.2