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

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

18 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
unpicking	18	3	488	(None)
unpacking	18	3	513	1	unpacking
anticking	16	4	924	2	anticking
nicking	14	35	1632	2	_n_icking
picking	16	34	1833	2	__picking
snicking	15	36	1023	2	sn_icking
uncocking	18	3	623	2	uncocking
undocking	17	3	565	2	undocking
unkinking	13	3	478	2	unkinking
unlinking	14	3	627	2	unlinking
unlocking	16	3	607	2	unlocking
unpiling	11	3	975	2	unpi_ling
unpinning	12	4	562	2	unpinning
unpitying	15	4	404	2	unpitying
unsticking	17	4	494	2	unsticking
untacking	16	3	664	2	untacking
untucking	16	4	469	2	untucking
unwinking	17	3	507	2	unwinking

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	121436	0.406	440125.6
2	DLD Change Limit	121436	18	3.513	34567.6
3	Display Results	18	18	0.016	1125.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	18	3.935	45410.7