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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “heterothallism” 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.

15 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
heterothallism	22	7	174	(None)
heterothallisms	23	8	128	1	heterothallisms
heterothallic	21	6	224	2	heterothalli_c
hemerocallis	19	6	217	4	hemero_callis_
heterophyllies	25	9	231	4	heterophyllies
homothallism	22	6	208	4	h__omothallism
betrothals	15	5	280	5	bet_rotha_l_s_
hemerocallises	21	6	138	5	hemero_callises
heteroecism	18	5	370	5	hetero___ecism
heteromorphism	26	7	303	5	heteromorphism
heterophyllous	25	7	189	5	heterophyllous
heterophylly	26	6	257	5	heterophyll__y
homothallisms	23	6	167	5	h__omothallisms
prothallium	18	5	259	5	___prothallium
teetotalism	13	16	396	5	te_etot_a_lism

Search took 7 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	95024	0.356	501941.0
2	DLD Change Limit	95024	15	5.736	16566.2
3	Display Results	15	15	0.013	1153.8
	(SQL Overall)	178691	15	6.105	29269.6