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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “springtails” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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
springtails	14	11	222	(None)
sprigtails	13	8	278	1	spri_gtails
springtail	13	13	233	1	springtail_
ringtails	10	4	444	2	__ringtails
sprigtail	12	12	277	2	spri_gtail_
springals	12	4	537	2	spring_a_ls
pigtails	11	4	603	3	_p_i_gtails
pintails	10	3	1016	3	_p_in_tails
ringtail	9	4	472	3	__ringtail_
springal	11	4	597	3	spring_a_l_
springald	13	4	368	3	spring_a_ld
springalds	14	4	271	3	spring_alds
springily	15	4	558	3	spring__ily
springtide	14	5	292	3	springt_ide
springtides	15	5	267	3	springtides
springtime	15	5	231	3	springt_ime
springtimes	16	5	210	3	springtimes
spritsails	12	5	245	3	spri_tsails

Search took 6 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	121633	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	121633	18	5.263	23111.0
3	Display Results	18	18	0.016	1125.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	18	5.669	31520.7