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

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

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
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18 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
histones	11	3	1280	(None)
histone	10	3	1284	1	histone_
distomes	11	3	1416	2	distomes
hailstones	13	4	498	2	hailstones
hipbones	15	4	602	2	hipbones
histogen	12	4	556	2	histogen
histogens	13	4	465	2	histogens
histories	12	4	1247	2	histories
intones	7	8	1654	2	_intones
isotones	8	22	1043	2	_isotones
misatones	11	4	893	2	misatones
mistunes	10	3	1113	2	mistunes
oilstones	9	4	661	2	oilstones
pistoles	10	25	1472	2	pistoles
pistons	9	30	1637	2	piston_s
stones	6	51	3003	2	__stones
tinstones	9	4	849	2	tinstones
whinstones	16	4	423	2	whinstones

Search took 4 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	121059	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	18	3.563	33976.7
3	Display Results	18	18	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	18	3.953	45203.9