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

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

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
persistency	18	5	265	(None)
persistence	15	5	415	1	persistence
persistences	16	5	386	2	persistences
persistent	12	4	603	2	persisten_t
persistently	17	5	243	2	persistently
consistency	18	5	397	3	consistency
insistency	15	5	397	3	_insistency
persisted	12	4	714	3	persiste__d
persistencies	17	5	256	3	persistencies
persister	11	4	683	3	persiste__r
persisters	12	4	627	3	persiste_rs
persisting	13	4	665	3	persistin_g
pertinency	17	5	416	3	perti_nency
presidency	18	4	465	3	presi_dency

Search took 7 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	0.486	367677.0
2	DLD Change Limit	121633	14	5.530	21995.1
3	Display Results	14	14	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	14	6.016	29702.6