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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “pinwale” 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
pinwale	12	5	784	(None)
pinwales	13	6	796	1	pinwales
finale	9	41	1676	2	fin_ale
gunwale	11	3	473	2	gunwale
inhale	9	4	1151	2	_inhale
inwall	9	3	834	2	_inwall
pinball	11	3	793	2	pinball
pineal	8	48	1768	2	pineal_
pineals	9	32	1284	2	pineals
pinhole	12	20	1043	2	pinhole
pinnace	11	35	1031	2	pinnace
pinnacle	12	41	696	2	pinnacle
pinnae	8	44	1464	2	pinna_e
pinnal	8	48	1427	2	pinnal_
pinnate	9	36	1374	2	pinnate
pinnule	9	3	600	2	pinnule
pinocle	11	3	814	2	pinocle
pinole	8	32	1878	2	pin_ole
pintle	8	38	1826	2	pin_tle
tinware	10	3	860	2	tinware

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	0.360	496363.9
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	20	2.923	36835.8
3	Display Results	20	20	0.013	1538.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	20	3.296	54214.5