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

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

24 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
penangs	10	26	837	(None)
penang	9	25	1111	1	penang_
pinangs	10	26	779	1	pinangs
defangs	12	3	536	2	defangs
openings	11	3	480	2	openings
pangs	8	46	2866	2	p__angs
parangs	10	43	1437	2	parangs
peags	8	61	2284	2	pe_a_gs
peans	7	54	3764	2	pe_an_s
pecans	10	15	1583	2	pecan_s
pedants	10	3	1011	2	pedants
pekans	12	17	1055	2	pekan_s
penance	11	3	1344	2	penance
penances	12	3	1244	2	penances
penates	9	33	2160	2	penates
pendants	11	3	909	2	pendants
pennants	10	3	706	2	pennants
pennis	8	43	1574	2	pen_nis
pentanes	10	3	1608	2	pentanes
pinang	9	26	1159	2	pinang_
prangs	9	48	1623	2	p_rangs
rehangs	11	3	756	2	rehangs
tenants	7	3	1101	2	tenants
zenanas	16	28	623	2	zenanas

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	107671	0.376	475242.0
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	24	3.420	31482.7
3	Display Results	24	24	0.016	1500.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	24	3.812	46875.9