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

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

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.

10 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
contempt	14	4	747	(None)
contempo	14	4	483	1	contempo
contempts	15	4	506	1	contempts
coempt	12	3	1103	2	co__empt
concept	13	33	1444	2	conce_pt
contemn	11	3	780	2	contem_n
contemns	12	3	740	2	contemns
content	9	43	2615	2	conte_nt
contest	9	35	2323	2	conte_st
context	16	39	1343	2	conte_xt

Search took 4 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	121059	0.186	960704.3
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	10	3.593	33693.0
3	Display Results	10	10	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	10	3.779	47285.3