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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “thinkings” 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
thinkings	17	25	505	(None)
thinking	16	28	986	1	thinking_
chinking	18	32	1089	2	chinking_
drinkings	15	24	477	2	drinkings
pinkings	15	33	814	2	_pinkings
thanking	16	40	952	2	thanking_
thinkingly	21	4	313	2	thinkingly
thinning	12	31	909	2	thinning_
thunking	16	19	695	2	thunking_
tickings	15	36	858	2	t_ickings
tinklings	14	22	466	2	t_inklings
tintings	9	28	871	2	t_intings
twinklings	18	4	188	2	twinklings
twinnings	13	25	366	2	twinnings

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	121436	0.436	409841.7
2	DLD Change Limit	121436	14	3.893	31193.4
3	Display Results	14	14	0.013	1076.9
	(SQL Overall)	178691	14	4.342	41154.1