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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “diphtheroids” 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.
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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
diphtheroids	22	6	145	(None)
diphtheroid	21	6	181	1	diphtheroid_
diphtherias	20	5	235	2	diphther_ias
diphtheria	19	5	259	3	diphther_i_a
diphtherial	20	5	212	3	diphther_ial
diathermies	17	5	326	4	di_athermies
diphtheritic	23	6	134	4	diphtheritic
diphthongs	20	5	214	4	diphth__ongs
dipterous	12	5	628	4	dip_t_ero_us
ichthyoids	22	5	189	4	_ichth_yoids
spheroids	15	4	554	4	_sp__heroids
witherods	16	14	544	4	wi__thero_ds

Search took 8 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	124790	0.403	443402.0
2	DLD Change Limit	124790	12	6.910	18059.3
3	Display Results	12	12	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	12	7.313	24434.7