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

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

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.

16 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
encephalogram	23	7	229	(None)
encephalograms	24	7	193	1	encephalograms
encephalograph	27	14	252	2	encephalograph
encephalographs	28	14	221	3	encephalographs
encephalography	31	13	223	3	encephalography
encephala	16	5	389	4	encephal___a_
encephalon	17	5	369	4	encephalo___n
nephogram	17	4	523	4	_n_eph__ogram
echogram	16	4	639	5	e_c__h__ogram
encephalitic	21	6	338	5	encephal_itic
encephalitis	19	6	362	5	encephal_itis
encephalitogen	22	14	160	5	encephalitog_en
encephalitogens	23	19	142	5	encephalitogens
encephalopathy	29	11	167	5	encephalopathy
nephograms	18	4	449	5	_n_eph__ograms
scalogram	14	4	438	5	_sc___alogram

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	124790	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	124790	16	9.423	13243.1
3	Display Results	16	16	0.013	1230.8
	(SQL Overall)	178691	16	9.826	18185.5