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

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

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.

18 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
cathedral	15	10	438	(None)
cathedra	14	10	477	1	cathedra_
cathedrae	15	10	423	1	cathedrae
cathedrals	16	11	309	1	cathedrals
cathedras	15	10	482	1	cathedras
cathodal	14	15	541	2	cathod_al
octahedral	16	5	240	2	octahedral
antheral	11	4	939	3	anthe_ral
cameral	11	3	1128	3	ca_me_ral
carceral	12	4	720	3	carce_ral
cateran	9	3	1377	3	cat_e_ran
cathead	13	3	875	3	cathe__ad
dihedral	13	4	443	3	_dihedral
kathodal	16	15	340	3	kathod_al
lateral	7	3	1357	3	lat_e_ral
octahedra	15	6	249	3	octahedra_
procathedral	20	6	150	3	~~pro~~cathedral
trihedral	13	4	379	3	trihedral

Search took 9 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	148641	0.423	422437.4
2	DLD Change Limit	148641	18	7.983	18619.7
3	Display Results	18	18	0.016	1125.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	18	8.422	21217.2