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

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

16 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
ternion	7	3	949	(None)
ternions	8	3	881	1	ternions
fermion	12	3	676	2	fermion
pereion	9	3	1205	2	pereion
pernio	8	5	1314	2	pernio_
reunion	7	3	767	2	reunion
sternson	8	4	484	2	sternson
tendon	7	3	1203	2	te_ndon
tenon	5	33	2051	2	te_n_on
tension	7	3	1180	2	tension
tertian	7	5	1119	2	tertian
thermion	13	4	593	2	thermion
torsion	7	3	1080	2	torsion
turion	6	3	1316	2	tur_ion
turnon	6	3	819	2	turn_on
version	10	3	1092	2	version

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	107671	0.140	1276364.3
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	16	3.483	30913.3
3	Display Results	16	16	0.016	1000.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	16	3.639	49104.4