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

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

18 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
ordinal	8	3	864	(None)
ordinals	9	4	676	1	ordinals
cardinal	11	3	957	2	cardinal
cordial	10	3	1295	2	cordi_al
morainal	10	4	720	2	morainal
oedipal	10	4	517	2	oedipal
orbital	9	3	692	2	orbital
orcinol	9	4	470	2	orcinol
ordeal	7	7	925	2	ord_eal
ordinally	13	4	629	2	ordinally
ordinand	10	4	410	2	ordinand
ordinary	12	4	491	2	ordinary
ordinate	9	3	1025	2	ordinate
ordines	8	30	1490	2	ordines
original	9	5	679	2	original
rhinal	9	5	1020	2	_rhinal
trinal	6	5	1696	2	tr_inal
urinal	6	6	1412	2	ur_inal

Search took 4 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	0.373	479064.3
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	18	3.266	32967.2
3	Display Results	18	18	0.016	1125.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	18	3.655	48889.5