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

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

22 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
penlites	10	3	1227	(None)
pelites	9	38	2199	1	pe_lites
penlite	9	3	1324	1	penlite_
perlites	10	3	1636	1	perlites
elites	6	60	2712	2	_e_lites
endites	8	37	1706	2	_endites
lenites	7	8	1844	2	len_ites
pearlites	11	3	823	2	pearlites
pelite	8	43	2300	2	pe_lite_
penalises	11	9	1277	2	penalises
penalities	12	13	1347	2	penalities
penalizes	20	9	1185	2	penalizes
penalties	11	13	951	2	penalties
penates	9	33	2160	2	pen_ates
penises	9	3	1819	2	pen_ises
pennies	9	42	1881	2	penni_es
pennines	10	31	1204	2	pennines
perlite	9	3	1732	2	perlite_
petites	9	38	2020	2	pe_tites
pinites	9	3	1953	2	pin_ites
velites	10	34	1730	2	ve_lites
zeolites	17	3	838	2	zeolites

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	121059	0.420	425454.8
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	22	4.033	30017.1
3	Display Results	22	22	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	22	4.453	40128.2