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

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

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
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19 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
anachronous	16	5	212	(None)
anachronously	21	6	169	2	anachronously
achromous	16	4	546	3	__achromous
anachronic	17	5	413	3	anachron_ic
anachronism	18	5	333	3	anachronism
anachronisms	19	5	307	3	anachronisms
anadromous	13	5	290	3	ana_dromous
anatropous	12	5	374	3	ana_tropous
asynchronous	20	6	219	3	asynchronous
isochronous	16	5	214	3	isochronous
synchronous	19	5	319	3	synchronous
alacritous	12	5	231	4	alac_ritous
anacondas	12	4	384	4	anac__ondas
analogous	10	4	483	4	ana__logous
anasarcous	12	6	176	4	anasar_cous
chromous	15	25	834	4	___chromous
chronons	13	4	735	4	___chronons
diachronies	17	5	403	4	diachronies
nacreous	10	4	576	4	_nac_r_eous

Search took 10 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	148819	0.423	422437.4
2	DLD Change Limit	148819	19	9.266	16060.8
3	Display Results	19	19	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	19	9.689	18442.7