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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “pertaining” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

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76 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
pertaining	13	4	799	(None)
appertaining	17	5	251	2	appertaining
curtaining	13	4	553	2	curtaining
destaining	12	6	794	2	destaining
detaining	11	25	1047	2	de_taining
detraining	12	6	767	2	detraining
pretraining	14	4	650	2	pretraining
retaining	10	21	1473	2	re_taining
retraining	11	3	1024	2	retraining
abstaining	13	4	457	3	abstaining
ascertaining	15	5	192	3	ascertaining
attaining	10	4	721	3	_attaining
bargaining	14	4	521	3	bargaining
braining	11	34	1468	3	_br_aining
captaining	15	4	606	3	captaining
containing	13	4	1092	3	containing
curtailing	13	4	460	3	curtailing
deraigning	13	4	410	3	der_aigning
derailing	11	20	1131	3	der_ailing
destining	11	3	1143	3	dest_ining
detailing	11	25	1041	3	de_tailing
distaining	12	4	890	3	distaining
draining	10	33	1267	3	_dr_aining
entailing	10	3	938	3	_entailing
entertaining	13	5	438	3	entertaining
entraining	11	4	764	3	_entraining
entwining	13	4	542	3	_entwining
graining	10	28	1318	3	_gr_aining
obtaining	12	3	677	3	_obtaining
ordaining	11	4	574	3	_ordaining
overtraining	16	4	602	3	overtraining
paining	10	39	2024	3	p___aining
partaking	16	9	866	3	parta_king
patining	11	3	1230	3	p_at_ining
pectizing	23	4	801	3	pect_izing
peining	10	46	1915	3	pe___ining
peptalking	19	4	325	3	peptalking
peptizing	23	4	711	3	pept_izing
perceiving	18	4	466	3	perceiving
periling	11	3	1686	3	per__iling
peroxiding	21	4	493	3	peroxiding
perspiring	15	4	485	3	perspiring
pertain	9	27	1496	3	perta__in_
pertained	12	3	849	3	pertain_ed
pertains	10	21	1341	3	perta__ins
pertinent	11	4	1227	3	pert_inent
perturbing	15	4	356	3	perturbing
pervading	16	3	629	3	perva_ding
plaining	11	39	1155	3	p__laining
portaging	13	4	684	3	porta_ging
portioning	13	4	718	3	portioning
praising	11	32	1456	3	p_r_aising
prawning	14	4	696	3	p_r_awning
preobtaining	17	5	253	3	preobtaining
preordaining	16	5	251	3	preordaining
pretaping	14	3	913	3	preta_ping
pretasting	13	23	928	3	pretasting
prevailing	16	5	672	3	prevailing
prewarning	16	13	519	3	prewarning
propining	14	3	1013	3	p_ropining
purloining	13	4	397	3	purloining
raining	8	39	2269	3	__r_aining
reattaining	12	4	459	3	reattaining
refraining	14	3	726	3	refraining
regaining	11	24	1108	3	re_gaining
remaining	12	22	1279	3	re_maining
reobtaining	14	4	353	3	reobtaining
reordaining	13	4	345	3	reordaining
reraising	10	3	1377	3	rer_aising
restraining	12	4	753	3	restraining
retailing	10	32	1473	3	re_tailing
spraining	12	4	815	3	spr_aining
staining	9	4	1337	3	__staining
straining	10	4	1056	3	str_aining
sustaining	11	4	588	3	sustaining
training	9	30	1586	3	_tr_aining

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	140603	0.173	1032896.0
2	DLD Change Limit	140603	76	6.766	20780.8
3	Display Results	76	76	0.043	1767.4
	(SQL Overall)	178691	76	6.982	25593.1