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

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

13 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
obediences	15	4	432	(None)
obedience	14	4	458	1	obedience_
audiences	12	4	600	3	_audiences
bedrenches	18	4	345	3	_bedrenches
bedunces	13	4	551	3	_bed_unces
comediennes	16	8	243	3	comediennes
credences	14	9	814	3	cred_ences
disobediences	19	6	149	3	~~dis~~obediences
expediences	23	5	427	3	expediences
leniences	11	4	815	3	_leniences
obedient	11	7	646	3	obedien__t
obediently	16	5	324	3	obediently
obeisances	14	4	399	3	obeisances

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	140603	0.423	422437.4
2	DLD Change Limit	140603	13	6.686	21029.5
3	Display Results	13	13	0.016	812.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	13	7.125	25079.4