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

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

14 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
octennial	11	4	325	(None)
achenial	13	4	828	3	ache_nial
antennal	8	5	635	3	antenn_al
biennial	10	6	509	3	_biennial
centennial	12	13	484	3	centennial
decennial	12	4	482	3	decennial
octantal	10	4	456	3	oct_antal
perennial	11	4	723	3	perennial
potential	11	4	853	3	potential
sciential	11	4	632	3	sciential
septennial	12	5	373	3	septennial
sexennial	16	4	348	3	sexennial
triennial	9	4	506	3	triennial
vicennial	14	4	346	3	vicennial

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	148641	0.436	409841.7
2	DLD Change Limit	148641	14	6.783	21913.8
3	Display Results	14	14	0.013	1076.9
	(SQL Overall)	178691	14	7.232	24708.4