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

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

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
hydrosphere	23	5	340	(None)
hydrospheres	24	5	339	1	hydrospheres
hydrosere	16	4	482	2	hydros__ere
hydrospheric	26	6	302	2	hydrospheric
heliosphere	19	5	293	3	heliosphere
hydrophane	22	5	633	3	hydro_phane
hydrophone	22	5	640	3	hydro_phone
hydrophyte	25	5	575	3	hydro_phyte
hydroseres	17	4	505	3	hydros__eres
hydrospace	21	12	401	3	hydrosp_ace
microsphere	20	5	510	3	microsphere

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	0.376	475242.0
2	DLD Change Limit	121633	11	5.140	23664.0
3	Display Results	11	11	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	11	5.516	32395.0