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.
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61 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	293	3	springt_ide
springtides	15	5	268	3	springtides
springtime	15	5	231	3	springt_ime
springtimes	16	5	211	3	springtimes
spritsails	12	5	245	3	spri_tsails
bangtails	12	4	359	4	__bangtails
brantails	11	4	631	4	_bran_tails
horntails	12	12	482	4	hor_n_tails
pigtail	10	4	662	4	_p_i_gtail_
pintail	9	3	1118	4	_p_in_tail_
ponytails	14	4	365	4	_p_onytails
primatals	13	4	514	4	_primata_ls
primatials	14	4	503	4	_primatials
printable	13	3	820	4	_prin_table
ringhals	12	5	627	4	__ringha_ls
ringtaws	12	4	356	4	__ringta_ws
seringas	9	33	900	4	sering_a__s
shirttails	13	6	265	4	s_hirttails
sphingids	16	4	293	4	sphing__ids
spinals	9	39	1186	4	sp_in__a_ls
spitals	9	30	1159	4	sp_i__ta_ls
springboards	18	5	148	4	springboards
springboks	19	5	194	4	spring_boks
springeing	14	4	437	4	spring_eing
springers	12	30	998	4	spring__ers
springes	11	40	1403	4	spring___es
springheads	18	10	224	4	springheads
springier	12	3	602	4	spring__ier
springiest	13	15	668	4	spring__iest
springiness	14	4	463	4	springiness
springing	13	3	874	4	spring__ing
springings	14	4	466	4	spring_ings
springlets	13	4	403	4	spring_lets
springlike	17	4	299	4	spring_like
springs	10	44	1592	4	spring____s
springwater	17	5	179	4	springwater
springwaters	18	5	130	4	springwaters
springwoods	18	5	197	4	springwoods
sprinters	11	32	937	4	sprin_t_ers
sprinting	12	3	1003	4	sprin_t_ing
sprints	9	41	1377	4	sprin_t___s
spritsail	11	4	218	4	spri_tsail_
strigils	9	4	685	4	stri_g__ils
stringhalt	14	5	395	4	stringha_lt
stringhalts	15	5	264	4	stringhalts
stringily	13	4	600	4	string__ily
syringas	12	28	595	4	syring_a__s
syringeal	13	4	300	4	syringea_l_

Search took 10 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	148819	0.423	422437.4
2	DLD Change Limit	148819	61	8.813	16886.3
3	Display Results	61	61	0.030	2033.3
	(SQL Overall)	178691	61	9.266	19284.6