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

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

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
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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
ethyne	12	40	715	(None)
ethane	9	46	1324	1	ethane
ethene	9	33	1292	1	ethene
ethynes	13	37	757	1	ethynes
eterne	6	3	1172	2	eterne
ethanes	10	37	1351	2	ethanes
ethenes	10	33	1387	2	ethenes
ethyl	11	3	651	2	ethy_l
ethylene	14	4	423	2	ethylene
ethyls	12	3	590	2	ethyls
ethynyl	16	4	212	2	ethynyl
eyne	7	63	2246	2	e__yne
methane	12	32	1179	2	methane
thane	8	61	2253	2	_thane
thine	8	50	2686	2	_thine
thyme	13	46	1247	2	_thyme
tyne	7	63	2505	2	_t_yne

Search took 3 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	0.340	525561.8
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	17	2.376	34743.7
3	Display Results	17	17	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	17	2.716	65792.0