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

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

16 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
pinwales	13	6	796	(None)
pinwale	12	5	784	1	pinwale_
finales	10	40	1601	2	fin_ales
gunwales	12	4	473	2	gunwales
inhales	10	5	1186	2	_inhales
inwalls	10	3	728	2	_inwalls
pinballs	12	4	693	2	pinballs
pineals	9	32	1284	2	pineal_s
pinholes	13	18	1066	2	pinholes
pinnaces	12	26	886	2	pinnaces
pinnacles	13	27	604	2	pinnacles
pinnules	10	3	646	2	pinnules
pinocles	12	4	869	2	pinocles
pinoles	9	34	1870	2	pin_oles
pintles	9	41	1872	2	pin_tles
tinwares	11	3	790	2	tinwares

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	121059	0.140	1276364.3
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	16	5.936	20394.0
3	Display Results	16	16	0.030	533.3
	(SQL Overall)	178691	16	6.106	29264.8