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

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

12 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
appearances	17	5	369	(None)
appearance	16	5	406	1	appearance_
reappearances	19	6	177	2	reappearances
aberrances	14	7	543	3	a_berrances
appetences	16	4	459	3	appe_tences
appliances	16	4	397	3	app_liances
clearances	14	4	479	3	_clearances
disappearances	21	7	131	3	~~dis~~appearances
esperances	14	4	625	3	espe_rances
nonappearances	20	7	137	3	~~non~~appearances
pleasances	14	4	419	3	_pleasances
reappearance	18	8	203	3	reappearance_

Search took 6 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	121633	0.376	475242.0
2	DLD Change Limit	121633	12	4.876	24945.2
3	Display Results	12	12	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	12	5.252	34023.4