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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “pintail” 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
pintail	9	3	1118	(None)
pigtail	10	4	662	1	pigtail
pintails	10	3	1016	1	pintails
entail	6	11	1434	2	_entail
fantail	10	3	1023	2	fantail
pigtails	11	4	603	2	pigtails
pinball	11	3	793	2	pinball
pineal	8	48	1768	2	pinea_l
pinnal	8	48	1427	2	pinna_l
pinta	7	57	2705	2	pinta__
pintada	10	9	608	2	pintada
pintado	10	9	657	2	pintado
pintailed	12	4	555	2	pintailed
pintano	9	9	899	2	pintano
pintas	8	50	2139	2	pinta_s
pistil	8	39	1507	2	pist_il
pontil	8	3	1546	2	pont_il
ponytail	13	4	455	2	ponytail
ringtail	9	4	472	2	ringtail
ventail	10	3	1045	2	ventail

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	107671	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	20	3.253	33099.0
3	Display Results	20	20	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	20	3.643	49050.5