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

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

20 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
pterin	8	10	1415	(None)
pterins	9	8	1299	1	pterins
apteria	9	3	1291	2	apteria
peerie	8	36	1789	2	peerie
peering	10	35	2035	2	peering
pein	6	58	3494	2	p_e_in
pekin	11	15	1442	2	p_ekin
peri	6	56	3697	2	p_eri_
peril	7	54	2595	2	p_eril
peris	7	55	3707	2	p_eris
petering	11	25	1681	2	petering
purin	7	55	2759	2	p_urin
serin	5	54	3444	2	_serin
stearin	7	3	1200	2	stearin
stein	5	46	2053	2	ste_in
steric	8	3	1706	2	steric
stern	5	53	1912	2	ster_n
tern	4	61	3480	2	_ter_n
uteri	5	10	1298	2	uteri_
uterine	7	3	1519	2	uterine

Search took 4 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	0.216	827273.1
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	20	3.376	24452.3
3	Display Results	20	20	0.013	1538.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	20	3.605	49567.5