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

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

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
pharynx	22	4	181	(None)
larynx	16	3	285	2	_larynx
phalanx	19	4	520	2	phalanx
pharynxes	24	4	192	2	pharynxes
charing	13	37	2132	3	charing
chary	13	50	2313	3	chary__
dharna	10	5	526	3	dhar_na
haring	10	42	3300	3	_haring
oropharynx	25	6	113	3	~~oro~~pharynx
parang	9	37	1551	3	p_arang
parent	8	32	3042	3	p_arent
paring	9	42	3649	3	p_aring
pharaoh	15	4	503	3	pharaoh
pharming	16	24	814	3	pharming
pharos	11	3	1206	3	phar_os
pharyngal	18	5	181	3	pharyngal
pharynges	18	4	288	3	pharynges
phasing	13	32	1167	3	phasing
sharing	11	37	2324	3	sharing
sharn	8	48	2370	3	shar_n_
sharns	9	55	1698	3	shar_ns
sharny	12	47	1183	3	shar_ny
sphynx	21	5	261	3	sph__ynx

Search took 8 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	134027	0.486	367677.0
2	DLD Change Limit	134027	23	6.513	20578.4
3	Display Results	23	23	0.016	1437.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	23	7.015	25472.7