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

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

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
epistrophes	18	8	344	(None)
epistrophe	17	7	308	1	epistrophe_
apostrophes	18	5	420	2	apostrophes
anastrophes	16	9	391	3	anastrophes
antistrophes	17	5	375	3	antistrophes
apostrophe	17	5	375	3	apostrophe_
episcopes	15	4	580	3	epis_cop_es
epistomes	13	4	601	3	epist_o_mes
epitopes	12	4	697	3	epi_t_op_es
exstrophies	23	5	371	3	e_xstrophies
strophes	13	3	1060	3	___strophes

Search took 6 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	121633	0.406	440125.6
2	DLD Change Limit	121633	11	4.656	26123.9
3	Display Results	11	11	0.016	687.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	11	5.078	35189.2