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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “contemporaries” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

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
contemporaries	20	6	252	(None)
contemporarily	23	10	197	2	contemporarily
contemporary	21	6	238	3	contemporar__y
contemporizes	28	5	320	3	contempor_izes
temporaries	15	5	424	3	___temporaries
contemplates	18	5	528	4	contemp_la_tes
contemplatives	23	12	277	4	contemp_latives
contemporaneity	24	22	143	4	contemporaneity
contemporaneous	21	7	136	4	contemporaneous
contemporize	27	5	337	4	contempo__rize
contemporized	29	6	281	4	contempor_ized
contemporizing	30	9	280	4	contemporizing
contraries	12	7	1193	4	cont____raries

Search took 8 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	65874	0.373	479064.3
2	DLD Change Limit	65874	13	7.470	8818.5
3	Display Results	13	13	0.016	812.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	13	7.859	22737.1