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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “chalcogens” 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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12 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
chalcogens	18	5	299	(None)
chalcogen	17	4	376	1	chalcogen_
halogens	12	3	736	2	_hal_ogens
chaconnes	16	4	400	3	cha_connes
chalcogenide	21	6	153	3	chalcogenide
chalcogenides	22	6	118	3	chalcogen~~ide~~s
chalones	13	3	1217	3	chal_one_s
chromogens	18	4	464	3	chromogens
cyanogens	15	9	404	3	cya_nogens
halogen	11	3	839	3	_hal_ogen_
hyalogens	16	4	377	3	hyal_ogens
phellogens	16	5	300	3	phellogens

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	140603	0.406	440125.6
2	DLD Change Limit	140603	12	6.093	23076.2
3	Display Results	12	12	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	12	6.499	27495.2