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

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

23 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
pinyin	11	27	1061	(None)
pinyon	11	45	976	1	pinyon
kinin	9	49	1732	2	kin_in
linin	5	80	2552	2	lin_in
minyan	11	3	817	2	minyan
pidgin	10	25	981	2	pidgin
piggin	10	31	1109	2	piggin
pinging	11	34	1955	2	pinging
pining	9	37	2653	2	pin_ing
pinion	8	38	1589	2	pinion
pinken	12	45	1328	2	pinken
pinkie	12	44	1427	2	pinkie
pinking	14	39	1894	2	pinking
pinning	10	34	1785	2	pinning
pinon	7	60	2453	2	pin_on
piny	9	118	3835	2	piny__
pinyons	12	29	900	2	pinyons
pipkin	14	24	860	2	pipkin
pippin	9	28	1030	2	pippin
pitying	13	29	1024	2	pitying
ponying	13	33	1212	2	ponying
punkin	12	36	1152	2	punkin
pyin	9	68	2323	2	p__yin

Search took 3 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	82551	0.343	520965.0
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	23	2.596	31799.3
3	Display Results	23	23	0.013	1769.2
	(SQL Overall)	178691	23	2.952	60532.2