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

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

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.

23 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
hepatoma	15	4	440	(None)
hematoma	15	4	569	1	hematoma
hepatomas	16	4	427	1	hepatomas
hecatomb	17	4	297	2	hecatomb
hematomas	16	4	546	2	hematomas
hepatica	15	17	759	2	hepatica
hepatomata	17	5	320	2	hepatomata
keratoma	14	4	433	2	keratoma
teratoma	10	4	714	2	teratoma
epitome	11	5	774	3	_epitome
hecatombs	18	4	193	3	hecatombs
hematoid	14	4	975	3	hematoid
hematomata	17	5	376	3	hematomata
hematozoa	23	5	343	3	hematozoa
hepatic	14	17	1277	3	hepat_ic
hepaticae	16	16	485	3	hepaticae
hepaticas	16	16	658	3	hepaticas
hepatics	15	19	893	3	hepatics
hepatize	22	4	823	3	hepatize
heptose	12	3	749	3	hep_tose
keratomas	15	4	446	3	keratomas
melanoma	12	4	487	3	melanoma
teratomas	11	4	637	3	teratomas

Search took 9 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	146162	0.436	409841.7
2	DLD Change Limit	146162	23	7.580	19282.6
3	Display Results	23	23	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	23	8.016	22291.8