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

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

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.

11 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
apprentice	16	5	432	(None)
apprenticed	18	5	274	1	apprenticed
apprentices	17	5	356	1	apprentices
prentice	12	10	1235	2	__prentice
appendices	17	4	346	3	app_endices
appetite	12	5	849	3	app_e_tite
appointive	17	9	380	3	appointive
apprenticing	19	6	230	3	apprenticing
apyretic	15	4	684	3	apyre_tic_
prenticed	14	11	806	3	__prenticed
prentices	13	11	1190	3	__prentices

Search took 7 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	140603	0.406	440125.6
2	DLD Change Limit	140603	11	6.063	23190.3
3	Display Results	11	11	0.016	687.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	11	6.485	27554.5