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

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

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.

16 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
sapients	10	3	742	(None)
salients	8	3	956	1	salients
sapiens	9	3	1017	1	sapien_s
sapient	9	4	1534	1	sapient_
patients	10	8	876	2	patients
saints	6	51	2242	2	sa_i_nts
salient	7	4	1976	2	salient_
saphenas	13	4	571	2	saphenas
sapience	12	10	661	2	sapience
sapiences	13	11	642	2	sapiences
sapiency	15	11	449	2	sapiency
sapiently	14	4	486	2	sapiently
sarments	10	3	1196	2	sarments
satinets	8	3	1173	2	satinets
spinets	9	47	1481	2	s_pinets
splents	9	39	1213	2	s_plents

Search took 5 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	121059	0.406	440125.6
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	16	3.830	31608.1
3	Display Results	16	16	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	16	4.236	42183.9