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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “observances” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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
observances	18	11	383	(None)
observance	17	12	404	1	observance_
inobservances	20	6	177	2	inobservances
observables	18	5	201	2	observables
observants	15	5	336	2	observan_ts
aberrances	14	7	543	3	ab_errances
absorbances	17	5	294	3	absorbances
conservancies	20	5	411	3	conservancies
inobservance	19	6	183	3	inobservance_
nonobservances	21	17	194	3	~~non~~observances
obeisances	14	4	399	3	ob_eisances
observable	17	4	334	3	observable_
observant	14	4	446	3	observan__t
observantly	19	5	250	3	observantly
observes	13	4	617	3	observ___es

Search took 6 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	121633	0.393	454684.5
2	DLD Change Limit	121633	15	5.266	23097.8
3	Display Results	15	15	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	15	5.659	31576.4