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

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

13 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
pterygial	15	4	249	(None)
pterygia	14	4	240	1	pterygia_
pterygium	17	5	192	2	pterygium
pelagial	11	4	654	3	p_elagial
peridial	11	4	1192	3	p_eridial
perigeal	11	4	755	3	p_erigeal
pterygiums	18	5	150	3	pterygiums
pterygoid	16	5	224	3	pterygoid
pterygoids	17	6	159	3	pterygoids
pteryla	12	4	330	3	ptery_la_
pterylae	13	4	301	3	ptery_lae
tergal	7	29	1283	3	_ter_g_al
tertial	7	3	1386	3	_ter_tial

Search took 9 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	148641	0.406	440125.6
2	DLD Change Limit	148641	13	8.000	18580.1
3	Display Results	13	13	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	13	8.406	21257.6