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

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

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.

19 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
ringer	7	45	2606	(None)
binger	9	49	2345	1	binger
bringer	10	42	1335	1	bringer
cringer	10	35	1424	1	cringer
dinger	8	53	2367	1	dinger
finger	10	49	2033	1	finger
ginger	8	49	2003	1	ginger
hinger	10	47	2333	1	hinger
linger	7	52	2600	1	linger
pinger	9	43	2409	1	pinger
ranger	7	39	2552	1	ranger
rigger	8	56	1671	1	rigger
ringed	8	46	2384	1	ringed
ringers	8	39	2295	1	ringers
rinser	6	43	1721	1	rinser
singer	7	42	2731	1	singer
winger	10	41	2544	1	winger
wringer	11	36	1245	1	wringer
zinger	16	38	1670	1	zinger

Search took 1 second 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	48755	0.090	1985455.6
2	DLD Change Limit	48755	19	0.750	65006.7
3	Display Results	19	19	0.016	1187.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	19	0.856	208751.2