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

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

16 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
pyknic	17	3	489	(None)
pyknics	18	4	248	1	pyknics
cyanic	13	31	1077	2	cyanic
cynic	12	47	1242	2	cy_nic
hyenic	14	3	872	2	hyenic
hypnic	16	3	726	2	hypnic
panic	9	39	2390	2	p_anic
phonic	13	33	1521	2	phonic
pianic	10	37	1412	2	pianic
picnic	12	34	1026	2	picnic
pionic	10	35	1595	2	pionic
pyemic	15	3	789	2	pyemic
pyic	11	69	1582	2	py__ic
pyknotic	19	4	420	2	pyknotic
pyric	12	38	1507	2	py_ric
yonic	10	59	2084	2	_yonic

Search took 3 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	0.343	520965.0
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	16	2.330	35429.6
3	Display Results	16	16	0.016	1000.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	16	2.689	66452.6