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

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

21 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
paintings	12	32	709	(None)
painting	11	36	1442	1	painting_
printings	12	26	810	1	printings
antings	8	50	1558	2	_a_ntings
fainting	12	33	1216	2	fainting_
paining	10	39	2024	2	pain_ing_
pairings	11	39	831	2	pai_rings
panting	10	40	2542	2	pa_nting_
parentings	13	5	561	2	parentings
partings	11	35	1373	2	pa_rtings
pinkings	15	33	814	2	p_inkings
pittings	11	34	912	2	p_ittings
plaitings	12	29	624	2	plai_tings
plantings	12	34	840	2	plantings
pointing	11	28	1368	2	pointing_
printing	11	32	1608	2	printing_
sainting	9	32	1573	2	sainting_
tainting	9	36	1358	2	tainting_
tintings	9	28	871	2	_tintings
waistings	13	527	1076	2	waistings
waitings	12	34	1374	2	wai_tings

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	121436	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	121436	21	4.003	30336.2
3	Display Results	21	21	0.013	1615.4
	(SQL Overall)	178691	21	4.406	40556.3