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

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

19 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
descendants	15	5	275	(None)
descendant	14	5	406	1	descendant_
descendents	15	5	414	1	descendents
ascendants	13	4	361	2	_ascendants
defendants	15	4	365	2	de_fendants
dependants	14	4	470	2	de_pendants
descendent	14	4	628	2	descendent_
ascendant	12	4	516	3	_ascendant_
ascendents	13	4	424	3	_ascendents
decedents	13	4	732	3	de_ce_dents
defendant	14	4	544	3	de_fendant_
demandants	14	4	325	3	de_mandants
dependant	13	4	700	3	de_pendant_
dependents	14	4	616	3	de_pendents
descants	11	29	1014	3	desc___ants
descenders	14	4	545	3	descend_ers
descending	15	4	611	3	descendin_g
descends	12	26	698	3	descend___s
descents	11	25	1120	3	desce___nts

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	0.466	383457.1
2	DLD Change Limit	121633	19	5.236	23230.1
3	Display Results	19	19	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	19	5.702	31338.3