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

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

22 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
hesitancy	17	4	354	(None)
hesitance	14	4	555	1	hesitance
hesitances	15	4	554	2	hesitances
hesitant	11	4	908	2	hesitan_t
hesitantly	16	5	300	2	hesitantly
desistance	13	4	458	3	desistance
deviancy	17	5	418	3	devi_ancy
heritably	17	4	681	3	heritably
hesitancies	16	4	399	3	hesitancies
hesitate	11	6	997	3	hesita_te
hesitated	13	7	778	3	hesitated
hesitater	12	7	692	3	hesitater
hesitates	12	6	979	3	hesitates
hesitator	12	8	602	3	hesitator
instancy	13	4	657	3	ins_tancy
irritancy	14	5	341	3	irritancy
militancy	16	4	412	3	militancy
oscitancy	16	12	284	3	oscitancy
renitency	14	4	544	3	renitency
residency	15	6	551	3	residency
resistance	12	4	588	3	resistance
testacy	12	3	596	3	tes_ta_cy

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	148641	0.420	425454.8
2	DLD Change Limit	148641	22	6.220	23897.3
3	Display Results	22	22	0.016	1375.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	22	6.656	26846.6