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

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

19 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
sphinx	18	6	620	(None)
sphynx	21	5	261	1	sphynx
shin	7	56	3431	2	s_hin_
shine	8	55	3309	2	s_hine
shins	8	51	3104	2	s_hins
shiny	11	51	2214	2	s_hiny
sphene	11	34	1240	2	sphene
sphinxes	20	33	440	2	sphinxes
spin	6	62	3130	2	sp_in_
spine	7	65	3442	2	sp_ine
spins	7	53	2798	2	sp_ins
spiny	10	49	2130	2	sp_iny
spline	8	60	2053	2	spline
splint	8	52	2328	2	splint
spring	9	45	2601	2	spring
sprint	8	45	2679	2	sprint
spuing	9	43	1336	2	spuing
spying	12	39	1325	2	spying
syrinx	16	3	714	2	syrinx

Search took 5 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	0.623	286823.4
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	19	3.640	22678.8
3	Display Results	19	19	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	19	4.263	41916.7