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

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

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
terminal	10	3	973	(None)
germinal	11	4	726	1	germinal
tegminal	11	4	445	1	tegminal
terminals	11	4	745	1	terminals
geminal	10	10	991	2	ge_minal
germina	10	3	850	2	germina_
seminal	9	12	1341	2	se_minal
tegmina	10	3	524	2	tegmina_
terminable	14	7	660	2	terminable
terminably	17	5	555	2	terminably
terminally	15	6	702	2	terminally
terminate	11	4	1120	2	terminate
terming	10	40	1600	2	termin_g
termini	9	34	1081	2	termin_i
terminus	10	3	739	2	terminus
terpinol	10	4	407	2	terpinol
tertial	7	3	1386	2	terti_al
trinal	6	5	1696	2	t_r_inal
turbinal	10	4	562	2	turbinal

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	121059	0.376	475242.0
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	19	3.576	33853.2
3	Display Results	19	19	0.016	1187.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	19	3.968	45033.0