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

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

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
fingertip	15	7	273	(None)
fingertips	16	9	277	1	fingertips
finger	10	49	2033	3	finger___
fingered	13	12	833	3	finger_ed
fingerer	12	12	722	3	finger_er
fingerers	13	13	630	3	fingerers
fingering	14	3	919	3	fingering
fingerlike	18	4	294	3	fingerlike
fingerling	15	4	483	3	fingerling
fingernail	14	5	168	3	fingernail
fingerpick	22	5	149	3	fingerpick
fingers	11	34	1843	3	finger__s
inertia	7	4	1020	3	_in_ertia
intertie	8	3	1761	3	_intertie
invertin	11	9	1023	3	_invertin
lingerie	9	5	920	3	linger_ie
wingtip	13	4	361	3	wing__tip

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	0.406	440125.6
2	DLD Change Limit	148641	17	7.140	20818.1
3	Display Results	17	17	0.016	1062.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	17	7.562	23630.1