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

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

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.

13 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
ancientry	14	4	387	(None)
anciently	14	4	614	1	anciently
ancestry	13	4	439	2	anc_estry
ancient	9	5	1473	2	ancient__
ancienter	11	4	539	2	ancienter
ancients	10	9	897	2	ancient_s
accidently	18	5	382	3	accidently
agentry	11	16	575	3	a__gentry
ancientest	12	5	537	3	ancientest
ancientries	13	5	451	3	ancientries
ancillary	14	4	437	3	ancillary
anxiety	17	4	403	3	anxie_t_y
nonentry	11	4	681	3	_nonentry

Search took 9 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	13	7.813	19024.8
3	Display Results	13	13	0.016	812.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	13	8.265	21620.2