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

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

8 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
prinker	13	34	1274	(None)
drinker	12	34	948	1	drinker
pinker	12	53	2244	1	p_inker
plinker	13	40	1096	1	plinker
pricker	15	40	1341	1	pricker
prinked	14	34	1216	1	prinked
prinkers	14	30	1038	1	prinkers
printer	9	39	1730	1	printer

Search took 2 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	69583	0.330	541487.9
2	DLD Change Limit	69583	8	1.263	55093.4
3	Display Results	8	8	0.016	500.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	8	1.609	111057.2