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

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

21 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
impending	15	3	593	(None)
impeding	14	3	656	1	impe_ding
amending	12	30	891	2	am_ending
appending	15	3	628	2	appending
depending	14	20	878	2	depending
dispending	15	4	792	2	dispending
emending	12	29	889	2	em_ending
expending	20	4	593	2	expending
imbedding	16	4	324	2	imbedding
impelling	14	3	691	2	impelling
impendent	14	4	722	2	impendent
impinging	15	4	420	2	impinging
impleading	16	4	376	2	impleading
imploding	15	4	521	2	imploding
imponing	13	3	877	2	impon_ing
impounding	16	5	334	2	impounding
intending	11	3	998	2	intending
mending	11	40	1868	2	_m_ending
pending	11	41	1977	2	__pending
spending	12	27	1243	2	_spending
upending	12	25	813	2	_upending

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	121436	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	121436	21	3.126	38847.1
3	Display Results	21	21	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	21	3.516	50822.2