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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “corticosteroids” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]

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.

11 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
corticosteroids	20	9	129	(None)
corticosteroid	19	7	133	1	corticosteroid_
corticosterones	19	16	134	2	corticosterones
corticosterone	18	13	139	3	corticostero_ne
corticotropins	20	13	161	4	cortico_t_ropins
orthopteroids	19	6	207	4	_ort_hopteroids
corticoids	15	4	418	5	cortic_____oids
corticotrophins	24	14	148	5	cortico_t_rophins
corticotropin	19	13	175	5	cortico_t_ropin
ketosteroids	17	6	175	5	_ket__osteroids
orthopteroid	18	6	255	5	_ort_hopteroid_

Search took 5 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	65874	0.310	576422.6
2	DLD Change Limit	65874	11	3.923	16791.7
3	Display Results	11	11	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	11	4.233	42213.8