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

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

15 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
malevolence	18	6	200	(None)
malevolences	19	5	190	1	malevolences
malevolent	15	5	356	2	malevolen_t
benevolence	18	6	186	3	benevolence
maleficence	20	5	235	3	maleficence
malevolently	20	6	152	3	malevolently
ambivalence	20	7	209	4	ambivalence
benevolences	19	6	180	4	benevolences
maleficences	21	7	224	4	maleficences
multivalence	19	6	335	4	multivalence
paleocene	13	4	500	4	pale_ocen_e
paleogene	12	4	523	4	pale_ogen_e
polyvalence	21	6	224	4	polyvalence
prevalence	17	4	548	4	_prevalence
redolence	12	5	676	4	__redolence

Search took 10 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	148819	0.500	357382.0
2	DLD Change Limit	148819	15	9.406	15821.7
3	Display Results	15	15	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	15	9.906	18038.7