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

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

16 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
nepenthe	13	4	354	(None)
nepenthes	14	4	416	1	nepenthes
nepenthean	15	5	135	2	nepenthean
decentre	11	24	855	3	decentre
detente	8	33	1360	3	detent_e
entente	7	4	1295	3	entent_e
nepeta	8	3	789	3	nepe_t_a
nepetas	9	3	594	3	nepe_tas
repent	8	47	2887	3	repent__
repented	11	26	1498	3	repented
repenter	10	28	1386	3	repenter
repents	9	37	1762	3	repent_s
seethe	9	37	1248	3	se_e_the
seventh	13	3	677	3	seventh_
sevenths	14	4	479	3	sevenths
teethe	9	45	1131	3	te_e_the

Search took 8 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	146162	0.440	406115.9
2	DLD Change Limit	146162	16	7.516	19446.8
3	Display Results	16	16	0.013	1230.8
	(SQL Overall)	178691	16	7.969	22423.3