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

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

14 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
stripings	12	21	520	(None)
striping	11	26	1252	1	striping_
striplings	13	4	418	1	striplings
scrapings	14	25	517	2	scrapings
stirrings	10	22	469	2	stirrings
strappings	15	4	335	2	strappings
striding	10	27	1360	2	striding_
striking	13	30	1223	2	striking_
stringings	12	4	523	2	stringings
strings	8	46	1713	2	str__ings
stripling	12	5	778	2	stripling_
stripping	14	3	649	2	stripping_
striving	12	26	1139	2	striving_
trippings	14	22	572	2	_trippings

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	121436	0.393	454684.5
2	DLD Change Limit	121436	14	3.420	35507.6
3	Display Results	14	14	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	14	3.813	46863.6