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

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

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
fungals	11	27	678	(None)
fungal	10	38	873	1	fungal_
fangas	10	50	1719	2	fanga_s
finals	9	43	1616	2	fin_als
finials	10	32	1015	2	finials
fugal	9	56	1303	2	fu_gal_
funerals	11	4	645	2	funerals
fungoes	11	38	881	2	fungoes
fungous	11	36	743	2	fungous
fungus	10	41	818	2	fung_us
funnels	10	34	817	2	funnels
gingals	9	10	930	2	gingals
jingals	15	8	806	2	jingals
lungans	8	39	905	2	lungans

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	107671	0.140	1276364.3
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	14	5.923	18178.5
3	Display Results	14	14	0.016	875.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	14	6.079	29394.8