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

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

20 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
pernod	9	3	1045	(None)
period	9	3	1498	1	period
pernods	10	3	848	1	pernods
kerned	11	41	1293	2	kerned
peened	9	43	1816	2	peened
peined	9	49	1884	2	peined
pend	7	59	3453	2	pe_n_d
penned	9	42	1761	2	penned
pennon	8	3	1064	2	pennon
percoid	12	3	1231	2	percoid
pereon	8	35	1745	2	pereon
periods	10	3	1224	2	periods
perked	13	46	1769	2	perked
permed	11	52	1735	2	permed
pernio	8	5	1314	2	pernio
perron	8	32	1662	2	perron
person	8	35	1787	2	person
porno	7	51	2065	2	porno_
pornos	8	50	1525	2	pornos
prod	7	61	2950	2	p_r_od

Search took 3 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	82551	0.360	496363.9
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	20	2.266	36430.3
3	Display Results	20	20	0.016	1250.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	20	2.642	67634.7