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

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

17 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
tinkerer	12	8	680	(None)
tinkered	13	8	768	1	tinkered
tinkerers	13	9	542	1	tinkerers
bickerer	16	10	677	2	bickerer
fingerer	12	12	722	2	fingerer
hankerer	15	24	823	2	hankerer
hinderer	12	3	827	2	hinderer
lingerer	9	11	830	2	lingerer
sincerer	10	3	720	2	sincerer
tenderer	9	22	873	2	tenderer
tinker	10	36	1992	2	tink__er
tinkers	11	35	1714	2	tinker_s
tinkler	11	36	1054	2	tink_ler
tinklier	12	5	544	2	tinklier
titterer	8	26	852	2	titterer
trinketer	13	4	456	2	trinketer
winterer	11	21	1044	2	winterer

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	17	3.576	33853.2
3	Display Results	17	17	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	17	3.952	45215.3