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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “pterins” 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
pterins	9	8	1299	(None)
pterin	8	10	1415	1	pterin_
peeries	9	36	2302	2	peeries
peering	10	35	2035	2	peering
peins	7	61	2806	2	p_e_ins
pekins	12	18	1223	2	p_ekins
perils	8	41	2185	2	p_erils
peris	7	55	3707	2	p_eri_s
petering	11	25	1681	2	petering
prerinse	10	3	863	2	prerinse
purins	8	37	2265	2	p_urins
serins	6	40	2967	2	_serins
stearins	8	3	1214	2	stearins
steins	6	48	1834	2	ste_ins
sterns	6	46	1676	2	ster_ns
terns	5	52	2687	2	_ter_ns
uterine	7	3	1519	2	uterine

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	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	17	3.346	32179.0
3	Display Results	17	17	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	17	3.736	47829.5