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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “programings” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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
programings	17	5	342	(None)
programing	16	4	631	1	programing_
programmings	20	5	254	1	programmings
programming	19	5	420	2	programming_
deprograming	19	6	336	3	deprograming_
pogroming	15	4	473	3	p_ogroming_
programers	15	8	440	3	program_ers
programmers	18	9	353	3	programmers
programmes	17	8	493	3	program_mes
programs	13	3	978	3	program___s
prolamines	14	15	936	3	pro_lamines
prolamins	13	15	970	3	pro_lamin_s
prorating	12	3	1428	3	pro_rating_
protamines	14	14	980	3	pro_tamines
protamins	13	14	1077	3	pro_tamin_s
reprograming	18	6	390	3	reprograming_

Search took 6 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	121633	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	121633	16	4.796	25361.3
3	Display Results	16	16	0.016	1000.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	16	5.202	34350.4