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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “penicillins” 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
penicillins	15	5	334	(None)
penicillin	14	5	350	1	penicillin_
pencilling	15	4	547	2	pen_cilling
pencillings	16	5	240	2	pen_cillings
penicillia	14	5	283	2	penicilli_a
penicillinase	17	9	120	2	penicillinase
penicillium	17	6	205	2	penicillium
ampicillins	17	8	228	3	ampicillins
methicillins	19	6	212	3	methicillins
penciling	14	3	741	3	pen_ci_ling
pencilings	15	4	315	3	pen_ci_lings
pencillers	14	4	382	3	pen_cillers
penicillamine	19	7	143	3	penicillamine
penicillamines	20	7	128	3	penicillamines
penicillate	15	6	305	3	penicillate
penicillinases	18	8	87	3	penicillin~~ase~~s
penicils	12	4	786	3	penici_l__s

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	121633	0.406	440125.6
2	DLD Change Limit	121633	17	5.653	21516.5
3	Display Results	17	17	0.016	1062.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	17	6.075	29414.2