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

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

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63 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
colostomies	15	5	501	(None)
colotomies	14	4	706	1	colo_tomies
colectomies	17	5	675	2	colectomies
colophonies	18	5	563	3	colophonies
colostomy	16	4	397	3	colostom__y
cyclostomes	20	15	337	3	cyclostom_es
ileostomies	13	5	348	3	ileostomies
lobotomies	14	4	483	3	lobo_tomies
monosomies	14	4	783	3	monos_omies
ostomies	10	3	1058	3	___ostomies
xylotomies	22	5	385	3	xylo_tomies
zootomies	20	4	614	3	zo_o_tomies
allosteries	11	5	539	4	allosteries
autotomies	12	4	808	4	auto_tomies
cohostesses	16	5	254	4	cohostesses
colistins	11	4	922	4	colist__ins
collotypies	18	5	273	4	collotypies
colonelcies	15	5	280	4	colonelcies
colonies	10	36	2001	4	col___onies
colossuses	12	4	301	4	colos_suses
colostrums	14	10	310	4	colost_rums
colotomy	15	4	540	4	colo_tom__y
consistories	14	5	508	4	consistories
consommes	15	4	563	4	co_ns_ommes
cookstoves	19	5	278	4	cooksto_ves
coonties	10	5	1380	4	co_ont__ies
cooties	9	37	2573	4	co_o_t__ies
copestones	14	6	761	4	copesto_nes
costumes	12	5	801	4	c__ostum_es
costumier	13	4	342	4	c__ostumier
costumiers	14	4	297	4	c__ostumiers
cryoscopies	20	5	417	4	cryoscopies
custodies	12	4	596	4	c__ustodies
customise	13	4	486	4	c__ustomise
customises	14	4	480	4	c__ustomises
customizes	23	6	417	4	c__ustomizes
cyclostome	19	15	336	4	cyclostom_e_
cystotomies	18	5	450	4	cystotomies
goldstones	12	9	440	4	goldsto_nes
hologamies	16	4	587	4	holo_gamies
holystones	16	5	524	4	holysto_nes
homospories	18	5	521	4	homospories
homostylies	19	6	324	4	homostylies
horoscopies	18	5	610	4	horoscopies
hypostomes	20	4	563	4	hypostom_es
lobectomies	17	5	403	4	lobectomies
lobotomise	14	5	318	4	lobo_tomise
lobotomises	15	5	314	4	lobo_tomises
lobotomizes	24	5	268	4	lobo_tomizes
monosomes	13	9	940	4	monos_om_es
monosomics	16	4	442	4	monos_omics
monostelies	13	5	434	4	monostelies
monostome	13	9	647	4	monostom_e_
monotonies	12	4	877	4	mono_tonies
nonstories	10	4	976	4	no_nstories
otoscopies	14	5	512	4	_otoscopies
polysemies	17	6	505	4	polys_emies
polysomes	16	4	737	4	polys_om_es
polysomics	19	5	361	4	polys_omics
protostomes	15	5	580	4	protostom_es
tenotomies	12	4	713	4	teno_tomies
vagotomies	16	4	399	4	vago_tomies
vasotomies	15	4	449	4	vaso_tomies

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	0.156	1145455.1
2	DLD Change Limit	148819	63	9.546	15589.7
3	Display Results	63	63	0.030	2100.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	63	9.732	18361.2