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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “embryophyte” 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.
Check this box to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

20 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
embryophyte	26	6	185	(None)
embryophytes	27	6	175	1	embryophytes
bryophyte	22	5	325	2	__bryophyte
bryophytes	23	5	349	3	__bryophytes
cryophyte	22	5	406	3	__cryophyte
aerophyte	17	4	720	4	_aer_ophyte
bryophytic	25	5	336	4	__bryophytic
chrysophyte	27	10	270	4	_chrysophyte
cryophytes	23	5	414	4	__cryophytes
embrocate	15	6	552	4	embr_o_cate
embryonated	19	5	189	4	embryo_nated
endophyte	18	5	468	4	e__ndophyte
entophyte	17	5	456	4	e__ntophyte
hydrophyte	25	5	575	4	hydr_ophyte
hygrophyte	25	5	395	4	hygr_ophyte
macrophyte	22	5	545	4	_macrophyte
mesophyte	19	4	533	4	_m_esophyte
saprophyte	20	5	450	4	sapr_ophyte
sporophyte	20	5	485	4	spor_ophyte
xerophyte	24	4	539	4	_xer_ophyte

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	0.440	406115.9
2	DLD Change Limit	148819	20	9.250	16088.5
3	Display Results	20	20	0.016	1250.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	20	9.706	18410.4