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

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

17 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
parentheses	16	5	396	(None)
parenthesis	16	5	404	1	parenthesis
parenthesizes	27	6	211	2	parenthesizes
parentless	12	4	445	2	parentles_s
antheses	11	3	1147	3	_a__ntheses
epentheses	15	6	380	3	_epentheses
parasyntheses	21	6	213	3	parasyntheses
parentages	13	4	548	3	parent_ages
parenthesize	26	6	245	3	parenthesize
parenthesized	28	6	191	3	parenthesized
parenthetic	18	5	437	3	parenthetic
parenthoods	17	5	251	3	parenthoods
paresthesia	16	20	444	3	paresthesia
paresthesias	17	19	411	3	paresthesias
patentees	11	9	654	3	patent_e_es
prostheses	15	4	653	3	p_rostheses
protheses	14	4	905	3	p_r_otheses

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	121633	0.140	1276364.3
2	DLD Change Limit	121633	17	6.860	17730.8
3	Display Results	17	17	0.016	1062.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	17	7.016	25469.1