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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “acetaldehydes” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

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.

7 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
acetaldehydes	23	7	131	(None)
acetaldehyde	22	7	130	1	acetaldehyde_
aldehydes	17	5	229	4	____aldehydes
benzaldehydes	32	7	115	4	benzaldehydes
formaldehydes	26	7	106	4	formaldehydes
glyceraldehydes	29	9	116	4	glyceraldehydes
paraldehydes	22	6	168	4	_paraldehydes

Search took 7 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	95024	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	95024	7	5.610	16938.3
3	Display Results	7	7	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	7	6.000	29781.8